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Blog of the American Sports Council.

Should Men’s Wrestling Programs Endow Their Own Scholarships?

It's an idea that the University of Missouri seems willing to try. More

The Myles Brand Title IX Whitewash

A small knot of College Sports Council supporters are in Washington, DC today and we're shaking our heads after reading the following story in today's edition ofUSA Today: NCAA's Brand: Don't fault Title IX for future cuts By Erik Brady, USA TODAY NCAA President Myles Brand has a message for member institutions: ... More

More on the EIA Peition to the Supreme Court

Yesterday we pointed to the news that Equity in Athletics was petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court to hear their case against James Madison University concerning the elimination of 10 athletic programs due to Title IX enforcement. Here's a report on the action that aired on a local affiliate in Harrisonburg, Virginia. ... More

A Title IX Supporter of Interest Surveys

Every once in a while, we find somebody who is willing to cross the quota divide. In this case, that somebody is a blogger who calls himself, Hill Rat: In 2005 the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights offered additional clarification of the three-prong test of compliance. In this clarification, the OCR ... More

University of Dayton Wrestling Fights on Without Varsity Status

Back in the 1980s, the University of Dayton dropped its varsity wrestling program in order to comply with Title IX. But thanks to some enterprising individuals, the school has started a club team and hosted its first tournament in a couple of decades this past weekend. Better yet, Dayton came away from the tournam... More

EIA Petitions Supreme Court for Hearing in JMU Case

From an Equity in Athletics press release: Equity in Athletics, Inc. ("EIA") filed a petition that asks the U.S. Supreme Court to hear EIA's case for a preliminary injunction to reinstate the ten intercollegiate athletic teams that James Madison University ("JMU") demoted to club status effective July 1, 2007. The ... More

Female X-Country Runner Stands Up for Men’s Team at Delaware

A little less than a week ago we pointed to a story that there was a rumor on the campus of the University of Delaware that the men's cross country team was about to cut cut due to Title IX. Well, where there's smoke, there's fire, and Lexi Ambrogi, a senior at Delaware and a member of the women's cross-country team, ... More

Criticize Title IX Quotas? HOW DARE YOU!

A couple of days back, we pointed to a story at the Daily Illini that took a rather balanced look at Title IX, something we don't see a lot of in the mainstream media. But then again, as we know, anyone who dares to sing even a solitary note that isn't in solidarity with the folks in the quota business better be ... More

JMU, Title IX and Revisionist History

The students and faculty at Virginia Commonwealth University are currently involved in a debate over whether or not to add a varsity football program at the school. Kristine Newhall at the Title IX blog approvingly quoted Richmond Times-Dispatch columnist Paul Woody as he used the news as an opportunity to engage in ... More

Delaware Cross Country, Track and Field Under Threat from Title IX?

Details from Delaware Online. More