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Yesterday, a judge in Delaware approved the settlement agreement between Delaware State University and the members of the school's equestrian team in a suit that began a little less than a year ago. If you're interested in the history of the case, feel free to browse our archives, but what really caught my eye this morning was the price tag the school will ...
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The folks over at Media Matters are upset at John Stossel thanks to the segment he ran on Title IX as part of his prime time special on "The Top 10 Politicians' Promises Gone Wrong."
But as it turns out, not every reader at Media Matters sings from the same hymnal, so to speak. Here's a comment from Media Matters that was left by one reader named ...
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It's been a little more than three months since Cal cut five varsity teams, but the teams that were eliminated aren't done taking their case to the media. Over the weekend, Jack Clark, head coach of the men's rugby team at Cal, talked to the International Herald Tribune:
Clark, who also played for the Bears and the U.S. national team, argues rugby has been ...
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Last Friday night, Fox News aired a prime time special called, "The Top 10 Politicians' Promises Gone Wrong." At #8 on the list was Title IX. Here's that segment, in its entirety.
The segment is probably the best look at the issue on television that I've seen in some time. Please pass it around to your friends.
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On the day that the National Women's Law Center (NWLC) announced their nationwide Title IX initiative, I dialed into their conference call to listen in on the particulars of their announcement. One question that seemed to be on the minds of the reporters on the call was this: with so many school districts slashing their budgets, where did the NWLC expect ...
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Back in late 2008, rumors were swirling at the University of Delaware that most of the men's track and field program was under threat thanks to Title IX concerns. In the end, only the men's indoor track team was demoted to club status, but it's clear that the experience had an impact on Emily Nassi, Managing Sports Editor of The Review, the student newspa...
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Last month, as part of the the National Women's Law Center's high school Title IX initiative, the organization filed a complaint with the Office of Civil Rights against the Deer Valley School District in Arizona, and the editorial board at the Arizona Republic is less than impressed:
[T]he history of Title IX complaints on the college level presages bleak ...
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In a few minutes, the National Women's Law Center (NWLC) will be holding a teleconference to announce a "substantial Title IX initiative" aimed at high school sports. To say the least, high school athletes and their parents ought to be concerned about this announcement.
If things take the same course as they have in college athletics, that means the NWLC ...
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The following statement on the National Women's Law Center's Rally for Girls' Sports initiative can be attributed to Eric Pearson, Chairman of the College Sports Council:
The NWLC plan is clearly designed to expand the enforcement of gender quotas in high school sports.
We've been warning parents and coaches that the gender quota is coming to high ...
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Earlier this month, I sent a note to Jamie Trecker at Fox Sports about the study the College Sports Council released earlier this year concerning Division I NCAA Soccer and Title IX. I was inspired to send my message to Trecker after I saw he had put an item out on his Twitter feed that college hockey was somehow able to avoid the fate that had befallen ...
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