Saving Sports

Blog of the American Sports Council.

Girls Soccer Players Against Title IX

Maybe that headline might be a bit of an oversimplification, but it's hard to come to any other conclusion after reading an article that appeared this weekend in Five Boro Sports about how a lawsuit filed by the New York Civil Liberties Union on behalf of just three Soccer players is going to force the entire city to ... More

Never Say an Unkind Word About Title IX

In today's edition of the New York Times, the nation's paper of record has finally taken note of what we've been warning about for a while -- budget cuts forcing the elimination of athletic teams. But though the story by Ken Belson mentions Title IX, he doesn't mention its pernicious effect during an era of cost-cut... More

MIT Cuts Eight Sports

The bloodletting in intercollegiate athletics continues. From the AP: The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with one of the deepest college athletic programs in the nation, says it will cut eight of its 41 varsity sports in a money-saving move.Student Life Dean Costantino Colombo and athletic director Julie Soriero ... More

Delaware State Drops Wrestling, But Don’t Say We Didn’t Warn You

Click here for the official announcement. I think it's worth noting that back in February 2008, the College Sports Council issued a study warning that nearly all of the nation's Historically Black Colleges and Universities were out of compliance with Title IX's proportionality standard, putting over 3,300 male athletes ... More

Kutztown State Swimming Not Going Without a Fight

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The Latest Title IX Casualties

Men's Soccer at the University of Maine. Baseball at the University of Northern Iowa. Men's Tennis at UT-Martin. More to come. More

Kutztown State Athletes Fight Cuts to Men’s Swimming and Soccer

Details at The Morning Call. Be sure to check in with Texas Swimming for some decoding work on Kutztown State doubletalk. More

Is Wrestling in Danger at Stanford?

The San Francisco Chronicle says yes. More

Is Title IX Harming High School Volleyball?

We know the enforcement of Title IX at the college level has been devastating to men's volleyball programs, but what sort of effect is it having at the high school level? According to at least one newspaper in Colorado, the law is retarding the growth of the sport for young men: The CBHSVA has been petitioning for years ... More

Vermont Drops Baseball and Softball

Press release from the University of Vermont: As part of a University-wide budget management plan, the University of Vermont Athletic Department announced today that it will be discontinuing two sports, baseball and softball, at the conclusion of the current season in May. This reorganization will also include the ... More