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- Title
HOOP DREAMS DEFERRED: THE WNBA, THE NBA, AND THE LONG-STANDING GENDER INEQUITY AT THE GAME'S HIGHEST LEVEL.
- Authors
Duru, N. Jeremi
- Abstract
The article discusses the legality of eligibility rules in American professional sports such as Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Topics discussed include close relationship between the National Basketball Association (NBA) and WNBA, impact of the inequitable age eligibility thresholds with respect to risk of injury and lost compensation on female basketball players, and justifications for the WNBA's age eligibility rule.
- Subjects
WOMEN'S professional sports; ATHLETICS laws; WOMEN'S sports; PROFESSIONAL sports -- Law &; legislation; NATIONAL Basketball Association
- Publication
Utah Law Review, 2015, Vol 2015, Issue 3, p559
- ISSN
0042-1448
- Publication type
Article