Saving Sports

Blog of the American Sports Council.

Club and Intramural Sports Now in Title IX Crosshairs

For years, the ASC warned that gender quota advocates would insist on the enforcement of Title IX's Three Part Test in high school sports. Unfortunately, that prediction has recently become fact. Now our warning is this: Watch out collegiate club and intramural sports. You are next! According to a news story posted ... More

Wrestling Hall Of Fame honors H. Clay McEldowney

We at the ASC are proud to share the news that on September 21st our own H. Clay McEldowney was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, NJ Chapter as 'Outstanding American.' When asked at his induction ceremony what he sees as the greatest challenges facing the sport of wrestling, McEldowney listed Title ... More

Appeals Court Ruling Paves Way for Gender Quotas in High School Sports

The followers of the American Sports Council (ASC) will recall that we've been warning for years that gender quota activists were setting their sights on applying Title IX's proportionality rule to high school sports. Now, with a recent federal court ruling, that day has come. In a September 19, 2014 decision, the US ... More

Temple to cut 7 teams

Temple University Cites Title IX in Decision to Drop Seven Sports Teams The alarming trend of gutting university athletic programs in order to comply with Title IX's rigid gender quotas has claimed more victims. The latest casualties come from Temple University in Philadelphia. Yesterday, the school announced that it ... More

Sports Are About Athletes, Not Gender Ratios

In the public discourse, we rarely hear the case for Title IX reform. So it's refreshing to see someone advocate for common-sense changes that would recover the law's original intention - equality of opportunity - for the benefit of student athletics and beyond. In The Rocket, the Slippery Rock University newspaper, ... More

Selling Out the Soul of the Olympic Games

The uproar over the IOC's decision to cut wrestling from the Olympic games has continued for weeks. And it's no wonder. There are many reasons why this decision hurts the Olympic brand and negatively affects millions of young athletes around the globe. Eric Pearson, Chairman of the American Sports Council, explores ... More

Danica Patrick Leads Daytona 500 Field

Although the ASC's coalition of sports doesn't include motor sports, some of us are auto racing fans. So we'd like to congratulate Danica Patrick on her recent qualifying time that earned her pole position for the 2013 Daytona 500. Danica deserves tremendous praise for her accomplishment. We'd like to point out that ... More

IOC Decision on Wrestling Hurts Olympic Brand

This week, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted to drop wrestling as an Olympic sport. This devastating decision comes after years of challenging times for our nation's wrestlers, who, despite facing a large brunt of the cuts due to Title IX proportionality, have remained resilient. Here's an official ... More

Update: LLCC Won’t Rescind Men’s Soccer

Some good news for the men's soccer players at Lincoln Land Community College: their team won't be dropped due to public outcry. The State Journal-Register reports: The Lincoln Land Community College men’s soccer team was in danger of being cut until the school announced Tuesday it will continue the program. LLCC ... More

Another Men’s Soccer Team Possibly Dropped

The State-Journal Register reports that Lincoln Land Community may drop men's soccer for men's golf. Why? Well the number of male athletes at the school, of course: A proposal to terminate the men’s soccer program at Lincoln Land Community College and replace it with men’s golf will go before the school’s board of ... More