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Another Example of How Title IX Hurts Men and Women: Gymnastics

We've written a number of times about how the manner in which Title IX is enforced can harm women as well as men. A good example of this is college gymnastics. I'll let Sherman Cain, a reporter for The Journal Inquirer in Connecticut, explain why: But let’s face it, in gymnastics, some of us need to be educated. If it ... More

Some Things Nancy Hogshead-Makar Doesn’t Want You to Know About Title IX Enforcement

At the end of July, many proponents of reform of Title IX enforcement got an early Christmas present from ESPN.com when Gregg Easterbrook, better known as the author of the Tuesday Morning Quarterback column, penned an extensive take on why Title IX needed to be reformed. For me, it felt like a landmark moment. For the ... More

Competitive Cheer Survives in Quinnipiac Title IX Compliance Plan

The news just moved on the AP wire. Quinnipiac University has submitted its Title IX compliance plan to Judge Stefan Underhill. According to the story, the school will keep both competitive cheer and volleyball under the plan, while adding women's golf and women's rugby. Unmentioned by the story, however, were the men's ... More

The Big Secret About Title IX and Competitive Cheer

Over the past few weeks, I have to admit that I've been more than a little vexed over the controversy concerning competitive cheer and Title IX. I feel that way because there's an elephant in the room that the opponents of competitive cheer are either working to obscure or just refuse to acknowledge. You see, competit... More

Title IX, High Schools and Proportionality

It was a little less than a month ago that we warned our readers about two pieces of legislation making their way through the House and the Senate that the College Sports Council believes will be used as a can opener to bring quotas and proportionality to high school sports. As it turns out, what we feared the most is ... More

NOW Comes Out in Support of Competitive Cheer (Maybe)

Here's a piece of news that had me gasping in astonishment: the National Organization of Women has come out in support of competitive cheer. Here's a linkto the statement: Granting cheerleading a place in the sports world will force the development of stricter regulations, official tournaments, and improved training and ... More

Nancy Hogshead-Makar, Competitive Cheer and the Softball Problem

Thanks to Wendy Parker, I came across a quote from Nancy Hogshead-Makar of the Women's Sports Foundation concerning the relative value of competitive cheer vs. other sports. I think it makes interesting reading. The following quote comes from The Telegraph, a newspaper in the United Kingdom: Nancy Hogshead-Makar, a lawyer ... More

The Power of Competitive Cheer

A couple of weeks ago, I got to know Kimberly Archie, the founder of the National Cheer Safety Foundation. And after having a couple of conversations with her, it was impossible not to come away incredibly impressed at both her knowledge and her energy. Here at the College Sports Council, we're very excited to be working ... More

The Realities of Competitive Cheer

For those of you who don't think competitive cheer is a sport, take a look at this video report on the squad at the University of Maryland. Can somebody send this to the Women's Sports Foundation? More

CSC Statement on Quinnipiac University, Competitive Cheer and Title IX

The following is an official statement from Eric Pearson, Chairman of the College Sports Council on yesterday's decision by a federal court in Connecticut that determined that competitive cheer cannot be considered a varsity sport under Title IX: "Varsity status for competitive cheer is all about safety. The ruling by ... More