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I think the best way to look at the study we published earlier today would be to look at a number of the charts ...
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A little less than an hour ago, the Women's Sports Foundation issued a virulent response to the study that the College Sports Council released this morning about the disparities between male and female soccer athletes in Division I. You can read the statement by clicking here.
Despite what the WSF and their confederates in the gender quota camp ...
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Earlier today, National Review Online ran a piece by College Sports Council Chairman Eric Pearson about the rollback of the model survey option for Title IX compliance by the Obama Administration. It's called, "The 'No Brainer' Gender Quota."
The long-term impact of the recent rollback is that colleges will continue to eliminate men’s teams in order ...
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It's not often that we get to share good news, but when it happens, we want to shout it from the rooftops. Here's the latest news from CS-Bakersfield, where four teams that had been slated for elimination have been saved. Details from KGET.com:
The president of Cal State University Bakersfield reinstated three sports that were set to be dropped from the ...
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Details from FloridaToday.com. The team will have six roster slots and three scholarships.
For our previous takes on the topic, click here.
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Over the past week or so, there's been a lot of chatter back and forth on the Web concerning a New York Times story about the popularity of flag football for girls in Florida high schools. On the one hand, you have a number of folks from the women's sports establishment who can't seem to make up their mind whether or not this is a good thing:
“No one ...
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Earlier this year, we introduced you to Andy Bayer, a walk-on athlete at the University of Indiana who persevered through injury to become an All-American in cross country.
Today, I'd like to introduce you to another walk-on who didn't let injury and a roster cap keep him from his dream of earning himself a place at the NCAA Track Championships. His name ...
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One of the little known side effects of Title IX enforcement are the costs that it imposes on school districts around the country. One of the more recent examples comes from Arrowhead High School in Hartland, Wisconsin. According to local reports, handling a recent suit that resulted in the school adding a girl's lacrosse team cost somewhere in the ...
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One of the great frustrations I have about talking with gender quota activists is there complete lack of empathy with the athletes who have been hurt by the way Title IX has been enforced. And one of the stories that needs to be told concerns the Baseball team at Providence College, a squad that found out its program was going to be eliminated at the end of ...
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Here's a Letter to the Editor that was published at PhillyBurbs.com this morning that I wanted to share:
To the Editor:
Ms. Koblan's May 10 letter fails to state the intent of Title IX. Unfortunately, Title IX is no longer faithful to anti-discrimination. Instead, it discriminates against males and has contributed to the reduction of programs for male ...
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