4 Results for tag: rebuttal

CSC Lodges Official Complaint With Associated Press Over WSF Study

I'm sure most of you will recall that the College Sports Council had all sorts of problems with a study that was released recently by the Women's Sports Foundation entitled, “Who's Playing College Sports? Money, Race and Gender.” But while we had multiple concerns over the study, we were just as alarmed by the way some in the media chose to cover ... More

CSC Statement on WSF Study on Athletic Participation Rates

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... More

ESPN Ombudsman Responds to Save Oregon Wrestling Controversry

ESPN Ombudsman Le Anne Schreiber responded to our letter. Her response follows: Dear Eric, Thank you for your message. I asked for an explanation of why the SOW ad was first accepted, then rejected shortly before scheduled airing, and this is the answer I received from a department called Commercial Operations, the traffic controllers for ads on ESPN: ... More

Letter to ESPN Ombudsman on Oregon Ad Cancellation

Earlier today I sent a letter on behalf of the College Sports Council to ESPN Ombudsman Le Anne Schreiber: Dear Ms. Schreiber: I am writing to you concerning ESPN's rejection of an advertisement that Save Oregon Wrestling (SOW) and one of our members, the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA), had contracted with ESPN to run during coverage of ... More