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Cal Rugby Coach Jack Clark: "Title IX is a math test where men's teams get cut." For more from California Golden Blogs, click here.
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Over the past 72 hours, we've seen a lot of talk about the cuts at UC Berkeley. And one comment that we've seen over and over again goes something like this: Title IX didn't cause the budget pressure that led to the cut of the five varsity programs at the school.
And that's true, Title IX didn't lead to the budget problems at Cal. Then again, there ...
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Back in the middle of the month, we pointed our readers to an article in Florida Today about how an effort by a group of parents to start a varsity baseball team at one high schoolwas being resisted in part on Title IX grounds.
Now the newspaper is reporting that the Brevard County School Board has officially rejected the request:
One by one, board ...
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From the Journal-Enterprise (Kentucky):
The meeting began with a report from Webster County High School Athletic Director Matt Bell, who told the board he had spoken to state officials regarding a previous request to implement a boys' soccer program at the high school. Bell said the main issue preventing formation of a boys' soccer team is the restrictions ...
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In Friday's edition of the Boston Globe, reporter John Powers took a closer look at how a combination of budget pressures as well as pressure to comply with Title IX have led schools to eliminate men's teams:
There now are more collegiate rifle teams for women than there are for men. More schools offer women’s equestrian teams than men’s water polo ...
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Over in the Daily Trojan, USC freshman Allegra Tepper is thinking out loud about Title IX and equality:
Statutes like Title IX, which prohibits sex discrimination in any program or activity at any educational institution, have grown increasingly archaic. I can’t imagine girls storming Cromwell Field with pitchforks and torches if, heaven forbid, we had a ...
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Earlier this afternoon, Stewart Mandel of Sports Illustrated reportedthat UC Berkeley will hold a press conference this afternoon to discuss its "athletic future."
As we've been noting for several months, a combination of budget pressures and Title IX compliance questions could very well lead to the school eliminating a number of athletic programs -- more ...
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We're continuing to keep an eye on the athletic department at UC-Berkeley, and the latest news is that the supporters of the men's rugby team are getting nervous about possibly being downgraded to club status. From the San Francisco Chronicle:
The most successful sports program in Cal history is fearful it may be downgraded to club status.
The men's ...
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All over the Web today you're seeing a number of tributes to Billy Jean King's defeat of Bobby Riggs in a tennis challenge match on September 20, 1973. For the most part, the one thing that these articles all have in common are references to Title IX. Here's one example:
Nonetheless, it is worth remembering for where it stands in history. The battle ...
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From Florida Today:
A well-meaning attempt by a group of parents to fund an extracurricular sport at a Brevard public high school could be blocked by concerns over gender and low-income discrimination.
Parents of about 35 Edgewood Jr./Sr. High students want to pay about $7,000 annually for a coach’s salary and other costs to turn a self-funded baseball ...
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