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When it comes to Men’s Division I Lacrosse, “Title IX is the roadblock.”

It was a little more than a year ago that Inside Lacrosse published a seminal article on how Title IX was holding back the growth of the men's game in NCAA Division I. Now, just a few days ago, viewers on ESPN2 got to hear about what we've been talking about at Saving Sports for a number of years now. On Saturday, May ... More

Female Rower Stands Up for Male Counterparts at Syracuse University

In the Summer of 2009, the College Sports Council released an analysis of NCAA athletic participation data that showed that in sports where men and women both compete, female student athletes have more participation opportunities and win more scholarships. Other folks are starting to notice, like one member of the ... More

UCLA’s Daily Bruin Uncovers Inconvenient Facts About Title IX Enforcement

The student editors at UCLA's Daily Bruin deserve some kudos today for a trio of articles they've published about how Title IX compliance has affected the athletic department at that historic school. The first piece by Emma Coghlan looks at how the strict gender quotas required by Prong One of the law's three-part test ... More

How They Cut Wrestling At Nebraska-Omaha

Yesterday, ESPN's Outside the Lines did a report on the recent elimination of football and wrestling at the University of Nebraska-Omaha. The school took the action as part of its planned move to Division I. At the time, the school said that the move would help with Title IX compliance in the future (click here for our ... More

Cheer Mom Blasts Women’s Sports Foundation in NYT Letter to the Editor

Over the weekend, the New York Times published a letter to the editor from the mother of a competitive cheerleader that probably wasn't well received at the HQ of the Women's Sports Foundation on Long Island: To the Sports Editor: Re “Cutting Men’s Programs Now to Satisfy Title IX in Future,” May 2: By lumping ... More

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Throws Support to Delaware Men’s Track Team in Title IX Dispute

Earlier this week, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review threw its support behind the effort to get the men's track and field team reinstated at the University of Delaware: So cowed are colleges and universities by the "social justice" agenda behind Title IX -- the federal law banning sex discrimination in education -- that ... More

What the Women’s Sports Foundation Doesn’t Want You to Know About Title IX and Quotas

Here at Saving Sports, we've been following rumors about the elimination of the men's track and field team at the University of Delaware for about two and a half years. If you look through our archives, you'll see that we first took notice of the possibility of trouble back in November 2008. Over the weekend, the New York ... More

Hoover’s Richard Epstein Calls for Repeal of Title IX

At the College Sports Council, we support Title IX as written, and believe that over the years the original intent of the legislation has been horribly distorted. But we understand that not every critic of the law has come to that conclusion. One of those critics is Richard Epstein of the Hoover Institution. After reading ... More

Men’s Gymnastics at Cal Reinstated

We just got the following message from Doug Nickle: Congrats to the folks at Cal Gymnastics Foreverfor fighting back from the brink of extinction. It's great news for the school and even better news for men's college gymnastics. More later. UPDATE: Here's the official word from the university. (bumped)   More

NYT Prints Letter to the Editor From College Sports Council President Leo Kocher on Title IX and Roster Caps

Earlier today, the New York Times published a letter to the editor from College Sports Council President Leo Kocher. Kocher sent his letter in response to this week's story about Title IX and roster management. To the Sports Editor: The N.C.A.A.’s own data reveals that female college students, rather than being ... More