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Geno Auriemma on Today’s NYT Story on Roster Management

Earlier today on ESPN, UConn Women's Basketball head coach Geno Auriemma, spoke more than a little truth about Title IX and equality of opportunity vs. equality of outcomes. His comments came in response to a question posed by network anchor Hannah Storm about the New York Times piece on roster management and Title IX that was published earlier today. C... More

The New York Times, Title IX and Roster Management

I've been getting messages since late last night about the piece that appeared in the New York Times today concerning the widespread misreporting of athletic participation data by colleges and universities in order to comply with Title IX. We ought to take a look at one piece of truth that was uncovered by the piece, and that's the stone cold solid fact ... More

CSC Statement on Athletic Cuts at Brown University

Earlier today, the College Sports Council (CSC) released the following statement in response to the news that a Brown University faculty committee had recommended that the school cut four athletic teams. The statement can be attributed to Eric Pearson, the Chairman of the CSC: “The battle to save the soul of college sports has now moved to Providence. ... More

Preserving the Sport of Gymnastics for Future Generations

I just got this picture in the mail along with a note from CSC board member Bob Wournos: Our Level 6 & 7 teams at Great Northern Gymnastics bagged groceries for tips for two weekends before the MIGS Program National Invitational in early March. They raised $1,035.00 and presented me with a check for that amount during awards cermonies. One of ... More

Preserving the Sport of Wrestling for Future Generations

If you really want to know why the College Sports Council is in business, you should take a look at this photo. It was taken a few months ago at an event sponsored in Philadelphia by Beat the Streets, an organization dedicated to establishing youth wrestling programs all over the country. This picture was taken at an event sponsored by the organization's ... More

How Title IX Enforcement Harms Both Men and Women

It was a sad weekend at the University of Delaware, as the 100-year old men's track team competed on campus for the last time. You'll recall that the team, as well as men's cross country, was recently eliminated, with the school citing Title IX compliance as the reason why. Jim Tresolini of the News-Journal was there, and he picked up on something we've ... More

Fight Goes on For Men’s Gymnastics at Cal

Last Friday we passed along the news through Doug Nickle that Cal Baseball had been rescued from elimination thanks to alumni donations. Just a little while afterwards, Nickle sent this follow up message to remind everyone that the work at Cal won't be done until every sport that had been slated for elimination got a reprieve, and that includes men's ... More

Cal Baseball Reinstated

Great news out of the Bay Area. After raising almost $10 million, Cal has decided to reinstate its baseball team. Here's the Facebook message I got from Doug Nickle just a few minutes ago: Congratulations to Doug and the entire Cal baseball community. More later. More

Cal Administration Demanding Team Raise Another $1 million Before Reinstatement

I just got the following message from Doug Nickle at Save Cal Baseball: Something tells me that they'll make it. Here's hoping we get some happy news from the school before the end of the academic year. More

Meet Karen Owoc

Just yesterday, we posted a link to a piece from Congressional Quarterly Research (click here for a blog post by CQ summarizing their larger report on Title IX) that was written by Karen Owoc, a member of the College Sports Council's Advisory Board. After some nastiness on Twitter (something for which an apology has been given), it became clear to me that ... More