50 Results for tag: gender quotas
One canard that gets repeated a lot by supporters of
gender quotas is that Title IX isn't really the problem when it comes to the elimination of men's sports. Instead, as you can see above in a tweet from just a few hours ago, they argue that the real problem is all of the money schools spend on big time football, and to a lesser extent, basketball.
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Last Friday evening, the College Sports Council got into an extended conversation with Nancy Hogshead-Makar, Senior Director for Advocacy for the Women's Sports Foundation on our Twitter feed. While the issues we discussed were serious, I had a good time jousting with her on behalf of the CSC, even if she worked hard to dodge some of the more pointed ...
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We've gotten quite accustomed to seeing athletic programs eliminated every Spring. We don't like it. We know that it's unfair. But we know why and how it happens over and over again.
But what we'll never get used to is seeing a national championship caliber program eliminated with nary a shrug of the shoulders.
That's exactly what happened earlier ...
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The College Sports Council just issued the following press release.
College Sports Council Urges High Schools to Fight Use of
Gender Quotas to Comply with Title IX in Athletics
Application of law’s three-part test is unconstitutional and
could potentially sideline 1.3 million male athletes
WASHINGTON, D.C.—February 8, 2011—The College Sports ...
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Earlier today, the following letter was sent by the Independent Women's Forum to U.S. Representative John Kline (R-MN), the Chairman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce concerning Title IX and high school athletics.
In it, Lukas urges Congressman Kline to investigate OCR's activities in this area. More later.
February 8, 2011
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I had a hard time not chuckling a little bit in the run up to John Stossel's prime time special last Friday night. The reason—this tweet that the Women's Sports Foundation (WSF) let loose a couple of hours before it aired for the first time:
So what happened next? Well, I think it's safe to say that Ms. Hogshead-Makar had a pretty tough time dealing ...
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When arguing with gender quota advocates about Title IX, it's important to remember that the other side really only wants one of two possible outcomes: Either agree with all of their points or just shut up. If you don't believe me, take a look again at some of these folks in their most candid moments and you'll see what I mean.
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It's been a little more than three months since Cal cut five varsity teams, but the teams that were eliminated aren't done taking their case to the media. Over the weekend, Jack Clark, head coach of the men's rugby team at Cal, talked to the International Herald Tribune:
Clark, who also played for the Bears and the U.S. national team, argues rugby has been ...
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In a few minutes, the National Women's Law Center (NWLC) will be holding a teleconference to announce a "substantial Title IX initiative" aimed at high school sports. To say the least, high school athletes and their parents ought to be concerned about this announcement.
If things take the same course as they have in college athletics, that means the NWLC ...
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The following statement on the National Women's Law Center's Rally for Girls' Sports initiative can be attributed to Eric Pearson, Chairman of the College Sports Council:
The NWLC plan is clearly designed to expand the enforcement of
gender quotas in high school sports.
We've been warning parents and coaches that the gender quota is coming to high ...
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