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That's the title of an article by Janice Shaw Crouse that appeared in the The American Thinker last week. Here's the passage that caught my eye:
Some experts claim that the imbalance begins in the public schools, where recess and physical education are being cut. More active boys are at a disadvantage, they say, when there is no outlet for their energy ...
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It was last October when we first told you about how Western Illinois University (WIU) signed an agreement with the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights to resolve a Title IX complaint that alleged the school wasn't providing enough athletic opportunities for women.
As part of the agreement, WIU conducted a model survey to asses the level ...
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From the Associated Press:
Quinnipiac University reinstated its volleyball team Tuesday and dropped men's indoor track in response to an injunction issued last week in a gender equity lawsuit against the school.The announcement came four days after U.S. Judge Stefan Underhill prevented the school from carrying out plans to eliminate the women's volleyball ...
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Thanks to Doug Robinson of the Deseret News for calling out the NCAA on this decision:
Congratulations to the NCAA for making beach volleyball an official collegiate sport — for women.
Just what we need: another sport that is not sponsored by high schools and is played largely by people who have access to, oh, I don't know, a beach.
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Exactly two weeks ago, the New York Times ran an article about recent across the board cuts in college athletic programs. Of course, that story neglected to mention how strict proportionality and Title IX are forcing schools to concentrate their cuts in men's athletic programs.
Our friend Allison Kasic sat down at her keyboard and wrote this letter ...
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Thanks again to our friend Allison Kasic, who has taken a closer look at the High School Information Collection Act and shared her thoughts about it over at Town Hall:
The bill is modeled on the Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act, which requires colleges to report similar information about their athletic programs to the federal government. By providing ...
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We'll be keeping an eye on this story today:
A federal judge is expected to rule this week whether Quinnipiac University will be allowed to eliminate its volleyball team.Coach Robin Sparks and some team members are asking for an injunction that would keep the team intact until their gender equity lawsuit against the school can be heard.
The American ...
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Maybe that headline might be a bit of an oversimplification, but it's hard to come to any other conclusion after reading an article that appeared this weekend in Five Boro Sports about how a lawsuit filed by the New York Civil Liberties Union on behalf of just three Soccer players is going to force the entire city to switch their season from Spring to ...
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In today's edition of the New York Times, the nation's paper of record has finally taken note of what we've been warning about for a while -- budget cuts forcing the elimination of athletic teams.
But though the story by Ken Belson mentions Title IX, he doesn't mention its pernicious effect during an era of cost-cutting. Like it or not, thanks to the ...
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The bloodletting in intercollegiate athletics continues. From the AP:
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with one of the deepest college athletic programs in the nation, says it will cut eight of its 41 varsity sports in a money-saving move.Student Life Dean Costantino Colombo and athletic director Julie Soriero said in a letter posted on the ...
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