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Last week, I wrote about how Title IX harms female athletes by depriving them of male training partners. A couple of days ago at Examiner.com, a member of the women's swimming team at Duquesne buttressed that claim:
Duquesne University announced Monday that four men's sports would be cut in order to "place the athletics program in the very best position ...
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Meet Jared Bowser, a sophomore redshirt catcher at Duquesne University.
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Terry Lamade asked that question yesterday at Inside Lacrosse.
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Over at Observer-Reporter.com, John Steigerwald has done some hard thinking about the men's sports cuts at Duquesne University, and dove back into the history books to do some primary source research:
It [Title IX] was supposed to be about providing equal opportunities for both genders, not equal outcomes. Feminists took over the enforcement of Title ...
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Our friends at the National Wrestling Coaches Association have put together a fact sheet with some talking points for contacting the administration at Duquesne regarding last week's program cuts.
In my mind, the most critical piece of advice is the following:
It is very important that the local, regional, and national wrestling community express ...
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Duquesne Athletic Director Greg Amodio finally came out of hiding yesterday to take questions from the press concerning the four men's sports the school eliminated earlier this week. And when the time came to face the press, Amodio told a story that's all too familiar to folks who have seen their programs destroyed:
"We took a good, hard look at that ...
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Maybe because they're proving to be vital to national defense? In the wake of 9-11, the U.S. Navy has been asked to increase the size of the SEAL force by 20%. In order to do that, the Navy has been forced to find a large number of new recruits -- and according to this report from the Today Show, they're finding that many of the best are coming with ...
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Scott Casber of InterMat got Duquesne Wrestling Coach John Hartupee on the phone to talk about the cancellation of the program. Good stuff. Give it a listen.
UPDATE: For more from Duquesne's student newspaper, click here.
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Kristine Newhall at Title IX blog took note of Duquesne's decision to drop four men's teams (click here to see our report from earlier this week). I think it's instructive to read this blog, if only to note just how callous gender equity activists can be when it comes to student athletes.
The people at Collegeswimming.com seem a little miffed that ...
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I was looking through the New York Times Sports section on Monday morning when this piece about the U.S. Women's Olympic Ice Hockey Team caught my eye:
In putting together a schedule leading to the Olympics, the United States women’s hockey team hoped to intersperse a dozen or so games against Minnesota boys’ high school teams within its usual ...
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