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California continues to see cuts in its collegiate sports.
Less than two weeks after Cal State Bakersfield slashed wrestling, women's tennis, and men's and women's golf, two more schools eliminated programs in an attempt to "resolve issues involving federal gender equity guidelines," also known as Title IX compliance.
Cal State Northridge announced ...
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From the outside looking in, news that a high school in South Dakota was eliminating their girls gymnastics team in order to add competitive cheer wouldn't seem like a significant story. But then, when you look a little closer, you can see how the tyranny of strict proportionality can wind up hurting a small roster sport:
Adding competitive cheer and ...
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From North Jersey.com:
Seton Hall announced Wednesday that it is dropping men’s and women’s indoor and outdoor track and field, effective July 1, as a cost-cutting measure. In keeping with NCAA and Title IX requirements that the school fields 14 sports teams, women’s golf will be added.
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Earlier this week, CSC Chairman Eric Pearson pointed me to the following editorial that appeared on MassLive.com:
American women athletes, draped with gold, silver and bronze medals at the Vancouver Winter Olympics, offer shining proof that playing sports isn’t just for men.
The achievements of skiers Lindsey Vonn, Julia Mancuso and ...
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From Bakersfield.com:
A distraught Rudy Carvajal could only talk in a whisper Thursday afternoon when he discussed Cal State Bakersfield's announcement that four sports were being dropped.
Wrestling, men's and women's golf and women's tennis will complete their current seasons, then cease to exist.
"It's the worst thing I've had to deal with in my ...
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From the Honolulu Advertiser:
"Sometimes people ask me, 'Can you cut a sport?' " Donovan said. "Because of Title IX and gender equity, we can't cut a women's sport unless we cut football. And if we cut football, we couldn't stay Division I. So that would leave on the table for us (men's) swimming, tennis, golf, baseball and volleyball."
Of those men's ...
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Late last night, we passed along a report from an LA sports blog that the school's storied baseball program -- the one that produced the legendary Jackie Robinson -- might be dropped because of Title IX concerns. A few minutes ago, I got a call from Marc Dellins, the SID at the school, who denied the report.
Said Dellins: "There is absolutely no truth ...
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Out in Los Angeles, we're hearing rumors that the storied baseball program at UCLA might be in danger. After a quick look at the numbers, it seemed pretty clear to me that the school is out of proportion. Stay tuned for more details.
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A couple of weeks ago, we mentioned how Delaware State University was possibly courting trouble when it decided to cut men's tennis and equestrian from its athletic program. The problem: there was simply no way that the cuts could be defended from a possible Title IX law suit.
Yesterday, what we warned about has come to pass, as an incoming student ...
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Over at SanLuisObispo.com, I found news that the a Title IX complaint against Cuesta College has been filed with the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights. The complaint comes after the California school dropped women's tennis at the end of the 2008-09 academic year.
The elimination of the program came in the midst of a raft of budget ...
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