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The back-to-school season is usually an exciting time for students. They are eagerly anticipating seeing old friends, taking new courses and most importantly for some, getting the chance to compete on sports teams.
But as advocates for Title IX proportionality continue to influence high school administrators, state regulators and their band of supporte...
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The 2nd U.S. Circuit of Appeals upheld a U.S. District Court's 2010 ruling that competitive cheerleading cannot be considered a sport under Title IX. In the 2010 decision, Judge Stefan R. Underhill forced Quinnipiac University to reinstate the women's volleyball team because competitive cheerleading "is still too underdeveloped and disorganized to be ...
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Judicious and candid as ever, Richard Epstein, professor of law at New York University and senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, writes in Ricochet "Why No One Should Celebrate Title IX." Making the case for full repeal, Epstein argues that government intervention in athletics has caused more discrimination, not less. He says that market forces ...
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It's not a common occurrence we say this, but Professor Erin Buzevis makes a solid observation about Title IX on the Title IX Blog:
"It's a laudable milestone that this is the first Olympics to which every country has sent at least one woman, and that countries like Russia, along with the U.S., have more female athletes in their delegations than male. ...
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In the Florida Times-Union, we learn that "Boys aren't being hurt by Title IX" even though male and female athletes, think-tankers and government lawyers prove otherwise. We are told that Title IX enforcement is not akin to a quota despite the widespread implementation of artificial, rigid limits on the number of male athletes allowed to play and ...
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Because the 40th anniversary of Title IX received mostly glowing coverage in the press, there wasn't much room for dissenting voices while the celebrations were going on (save for ASC Chairman Eric Pearson's op-ed and a great piece by Carrie Lukas from IWF). But in the weeks following the law's milestone, we've seen people vocalizing discontent for what ...
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Another brave voice speaks up on the various ways dubious Title IX regulations have manifested themselves in athletics.
In the Anchorage Daily News, Martin Byrne provides a sober analysis of men's cuts, distortions to collegiate athletics and media bias.
An excerpt (read the whole commentary here):
What SI, ESPN, and ADN consistently fail to mention ...
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On Philly.com, opinion contributor Mike Harrigan recognizes broad cultural shifts that have increased female participation in athletics and calls for common sense changes to Title IX.
On proportionality, he writes:
Today's problems with Title IX come from the way that colleges and universities use the so-called "three-prong" approach to implement the ...
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In the Washington Times (June 25), ASC Chairman Eric Pearson called out the media, activists and government officials for refusing to recognize the deleterious effects of current Title IX enforcement policies, namely those stemming from proportionality and the three-part test as a whole.
But if you look at the article's headline chosen and published by ...
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In today's Washington Times, ASC Chairman Eric Pearson reflects on the 40 years since the passage of Title IX:
PEARSON: After 40 years, Title IX is getting old for boys
Law letting girls into college sports ends up pushing boys out
To hear reporters tell it, Americans one and all are gathering to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Title IX. But if you ...
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