Evolution of a Cartel
What is the NCAA?
Beginning in 1935, this prize was awarded to the outstanding college football player of the year.
What is the Heisman Trophy?
In 1968, after these two U.S. athletes won Olympic medals in the 200-meter dash, they protested racial inequality by raising their gloved fists.
Who were Tommie Smith and John Carlos?
This movement began in the late 1960s and was linked to the women's pro tour which became known as Women's Lob:
What was "Women's Lib?"
This Puerto Rican-born baseball player led the Pittsburgh Pirates to World Series wins in 1960 and 1971.
Who was Roberto Clemente?
In 1950, this college football powerhouse admitted that all but two members of their team had been dismissed for cheating on exams.
What was the U.S. Military Academy?
The first college bowl game to be held in 1902 was referred to as the "granddaddy of them all."
What was the Rose Bowl?
What was the "Black Power" movement?
This 55-year old man believed he could beat the top-ranked women tennis players and challenged them to play.
Who was Bobby Riggs?
When Native Americans protested against the use of "Indian" mascots, their movement was referred to as this.
What was "red power?"
In 1951, this sport experienced the biggest scandal in American sports history.
What is basketball?
He was the nation's most successful football coach of the 1970s and 1980s.
Who was Oklahoma's Barry Switzer?
This gifted athlete lettered in 4 sports at UCLA and became the first player from the Negro Leagues to play in the MLB.
Who was Jackie Robinson?
This Australian woman who ranked No. 1 in the world in 1973 accepted the challenge to play tennis against a former Wimbledon champion and lost in what became known as the "Mother's Day Massacre."
Who was Margaret Court?
This team left Dallas in 1963 and was the last NFL team to adopt a Native American name.
Who were the Kansas City Chiefs?
In 1952, the NCAA named him as its first executive director.
Who was Walter Byers?
This Stanford basketball player became the country's first basketball star.
Who was Angelo "Hank" Luisetti?
In 1950, this African American woman became the first person of color to play in the U.S. national championship tennis tournament.
Who was Althea Gibson?
This woman finally agreed to play a 55-year old man after he beat another woman badly. She won 6-4, 6-3, 6-3.
Who was Billie Jean King?
This African American MLB player challenged the "reserve clause," opening the door to free agency.
Who was Curt Flood?
This decision during the 1950s further strengthened the NCAA's domination over college sports.
What was the decision to give the NCAA control over negotiations for television rights?
This postseason tournament was college basketball's premier tourney until 1951.
What was the NIT?
In the mid-1950s, this African American basketball player joined the Boston Celtics and won 11 championships as a player and player-coach.
Who was Bill Russell?
She became the first transgender woman to compete in sport and entered the 1977 U.S. Open
Who was Renee Richards?
In the 1960s, MLB hired this man to fight for more players' rights.
Who was Marvin Miller?