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IWF Issues Title IX Position Paper

Allison Kasic of the Independent Women's Forum just gave us a heads up that she's published a new position paper on Title IX. It's titled, Title IX and Athletics: A Case Study of Perverse Incentives and Unintended Consequences. From the executive summary: June 23rd marks the 38th anniversary of Title IX, the ... More

Who Do You Trust?

I wanted our readers to know that the folks at the National Women's Law Center have posted their rebuttal to the College Sports Council study on Division I soccer to a Web site called Opposing Views (clickhere for the specific post). We don't have a whole lot to add that we didn't leave in the comment string ... More

CSC Study on NCAA Soccer Highlights Opportunity Gap Between Male and Female Players

A few moments ago, the College Sports Council published the following press release.   CSC Study on NCAA Soccer Highlights Opportunity Gap Between Male and Female Players Growth of male teams stifled by Title IX's gender quota WASHINGTON, D.C. -- June 10, 2010 -- A study by the College Sports CouncilÂ... More

The Soccer Opportunity Gap in Pictures

6/22/10 UPDATE: Welcome to readers of Minding the Campus and Instapundit. Please feel free to take a look around here at our blog, as well as over at our main site. And don't forget you can follow us on our Twitter feed or Facebook. I think the best way to look at the study we published earlier today would be to ... More

The College Sports Council Responds to the Women’s Sports Foundation on the Division I Soccer Study

A little less than an hour ago, the Women's Sports Foundation issued a virulent response to the study that the College Sports Council released this morning about the disparities between male and female soccer athletes in Division I. You can read the statement by clicking here. Despite what the WSF and their ... More

CSC Chairman Eric Pearson on the “No Brainer” Quota

Earlier today, National Review Online ran a piece by College Sports Council Chairman Eric Pearson about the rollback of the model survey option for Title IX compliance by the Obama Administration. It's called, "The 'No Brainer' Gender Quota." The long-term impact of the recent rollback is that colleges will continue ... More

CS-Bakersfield Reinstates Four Teams

It's not often that we get to share good news, but when it happens, we want to shout it from the rooftops. Here's the latest news from CS-Bakersfield, where four teams that had been slated for elimination have been saved. Details from KGET.com: The president of Cal State University Bakersfield reinstated three sports ... More

Florida State Adds Sand Volleyball

Details from FloridaToday.com. The team will have six roster slots and three scholarships. For our previous takes on the topic, click here. More

On Girls High School Flag Football

Over the past week or so, there's been a lot of chatter back and forth on the Web concerning a New York Times story about the popularity of flag football for girls in Florida high schools. On the one hand, you have a number of folks from the women's sports establishment who can't seem to make up their mind whether or ... More

Profile in Persistence: BYU’s Jon Kotter

Earlier this year, we introduced you to Andy Bayer, a walk-on athlete at the University of Indiana who persevered through injury to become an All-American in cross country. Today, I'd like to introduce you to another walk-on who didn't let injury and a roster cap keep him from his dream of earning himself a place at the ... More