39 Results for tag: College Sports Council
Congratulations to Arno Niemand, a long-time supporter of the
College Sports Council, upon his induction to the National Wrestling Hall of Fame:
Niemand wrestled at Cornell from 1952-54 and was a varsity starter at 137 pounds, where he helped the Big Red to place second at the EIWA tournament and third at the NCAAs in 1953. Throughout his life, Niemand ...
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Over at Inside Higher Education, the Web site is running a piece from
College Sports Council chairman Eric Pearson on NCAA President Myles Brand's recent statements on how member schools shouldn't blame Title IX for future cuts in men's athletic programs.
The entire text of the article appears below:
Myles Brand’s Code of Silence
By Eric ...
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The
College Sports Council released the following statement earlier today:
Washington, D.C., September 26, 2008 – The
College Sports Council (CSC), a national coalition of coaches, parents, athletes, and alumni, calls attention to unverifiable source data collected by the WSF and NCAA used in a recently released Women's Sports Foundation study titled...
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Earlier today, the
College Sports Council issued the following press release:
Washington, D.C., August 4, 2008 – Over 25 U.S. Olympians and over 35 NCAA Champions have endorsed a
College Sports Council petition calling on the U.S. Congress to enact common sense reform of the federal regulations governing Title IX compliance.
As of today, U.S. ...
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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 had to say about the petition:
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Normally I'm not the kind of blogger that just posts press releases, but today's news is a bit of an exception:
COLLEGE SPORTS COUNCIL
Press Release
Contact: Eric McErlain
(202) 904-2416
Study shows Historically Black Colleges and Universities struggle to meet Title IX’s proportionality test.
CSC Calls on NCAA to support HBCU’s use of ...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – June 20, 2007 – A study announced today by the
College Sports Council shows that men’s athletic teams are disappearing in dozens of states as a result of onerous Title IX enforcement.
Sports that are thriving on the high school level are now entirely missing in many states. Despite an explosion in youth soccer, for instance, ...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – June 20, 2007 – Two leading national organizations today called on the U.S. Department of Education to clarify that Title IX’s compliance standard for colleges, known as three part test, does not apply to High School sports teams.
The request was made today by the
College Sports Council, a national coalition of coaches, parents, ...
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Sports Council Update, November 2006
www.collegesportscouncil.org
FROM: Jessica Gavora, CSC Director of Communications
Dear Friends of the CSC;
When James Madison University (JMU) announced on September 29 the elimination of 10 athletic teams in order to comply with Title IX proportionality - the largest single act of Title IX related cuts by ...
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