Saving Sports

Blog of the American Sports Council.

Over 500 Americans Sign CSC Petition on Title IX

Thanks to everyone who has signed the College Sports Council petition calling on the U.S. Congress to reform Title IX. As of this afternoon,our petition has collected over 500 signatures and is still going strong. One of the signatories of the petition is Lennie Zalesky, head wrestling coach at UC Davis. Here's what he ... More

CSC Issues National Appeal for “Common-Sense Reform” of Title IX

The College Sports Council and the Independent Women’s Forumtoday issued a national appeal on the 36th anniversary of the passage of Title IX calling on men and women to work together to effect “straightforward and common-sense” reform to the law’s enforcement mechanism in college athletics. The text of the ... More

Allison Kasic and Carrie Lukas on Title IX

Our friends Allison Kasic and Carrie Lukas discussed Title IX issues on the latest IWF podcast. Click here to listen. More

What About Mothers of Boys?

Over at Glamocracy, Rebecca Roberts has some thoughts on Father's Day: On Mothers' Day, I wrote that I believe the responsibility of raising boys to respect women is as important as raising girls to respect themselves. This Fathers' Day, I've been thinking about fathers and daughters, and the responsibility fathers have ... More

Allison Kasic on Title IX and Arizona State

Over at National Review Online, Allison Kasic of the Independent Women's Forum is taking a look at the latest athletic cuts at Arizona State: Title IX proponents have long stated that schools can comply with the law by adding sports for women, without a negative impact on men’s teams. Unfortunately, reality tells a ... More

Save Oregon Wrestling Files Suit

Details at their Web site. Good luck, guys. More

Boosters Save ASU Wrestling

Congrats to the supporters of ASU Wrestling who stepped up and saved the program. More

New UNI Athletic Director Will Protect Men’s Sports

From The Gazette (Iowa): CEDAR FALLS — Troy Dannen vowed Tuesday that no men's sports programs at the University of Northern Iowa will be cut to solve the athletics department's problems with gender equity and financial issues. "Baseball is safe. Wrestling is safe. Every sport is safe," he told The Gazette after ... More

The Seattle PI Fumbles on Women’s Wrestling

It must be silly season in the wake of yesterday's story in the New York Times concerning the rise of women's wrestling at the high school and collegiate level. Today, the Editorial Board at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer stepped into the breach created by the article in order to spew some more disinformation: For ... More

Getting it Wrong on Women’s Wrestling

In this morning's edition of the New York Times, reporter Katie Thomas tried to take a closer look at the growth of women's wrestling at the collegiate level. Unfortunately for the readers of the Times, this look at the sport fails to tell the whole story, falling back on tired old stereotypes and slanders against ... More