383 Results for tag: Title IX
From CrossFit Marin:
While the loss of Cal’s men’s gymnastics team is a significant loss, the damage may be more severe as this plays out. At this point Cal is Stanford’s only competitor in California. So they will now have to travel out of state for EVERY away meet. This increases the cost of the men’s program at Stanford, and increases the ...
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For those of you following the effort to preserve varsity status for the men's rugby team at Cal, you might want to consult one of the following sources:
SaveCalVarsityRugby.com
Save Cal Varsity Rugby Facebook Page
Save Cal Rugby Twitter
For other news, California Golden Blogs has been doing some excellent work recently. Bookmark it.
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From the Daily Cal:
The federal law (
Title IX), while admittedly imperfect, is out of both the state's and campus's control to be reformed, and the campus simply has to deal with it. But it is a shame that
Title IX has morphed from a promotion of participation in women's sports to a mathematical formula for cutting men's teams.
The truth is getting out.
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The anger about the athletic cuts at UC-Berkeley, especially about the loss of varsity status for the men's rugby team, isn't abating. The following comes from an open letter from Nina Sasso, a Cal graduate, to the school's Athletic Director, Sandy Barbour. It was published in the student newspaper, The Daily Cal:
While a student at Cal, I spent a portion ...
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Cal Rugby Coach Jack Clark: "
Title IX is a math test where men's teams get cut." For more from California Golden Blogs, click here.
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Over the past 72 hours, we've seen a lot of talk about the cuts at UC Berkeley. And one comment that we've seen over and over again goes something like this:
Title IX didn't cause the budget pressure that led to the cut of the five varsity programs at the school.
And that's true,
Title IX didn't lead to the budget problems at Cal. Then again, there ...
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Back in the middle of the month, we pointed our readers to an article in Florida Today about how an effort by a group of parents to start a varsity baseball team at one high schoolwas being resisted in part on
Title IX grounds.
Now the newspaper is reporting that the Brevard County School Board has officially rejected the request:
One by one, board ...
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From the Journal-Enterprise (Kentucky):
The meeting began with a report from Webster County High School Athletic Director Matt Bell, who told the board he had spoken to state officials regarding a previous request to implement a boys' soccer program at the high school. Bell said the main issue preventing formation of a boys' soccer team is the restrictions ...
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In Friday's edition of the Boston Globe, reporter John Powers took a closer look at how a combination of budget pressures as well as pressure to comply with
Title IX have led schools to eliminate men's teams:
There now are more collegiate rifle teams for women than there are for men. More schools offer women’s equestrian teams than men’s water polo ...
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Over in the Daily Trojan, USC freshman Allegra Tepper is thinking out loud about
Title IX and equality:
Statutes like
Title IX, which prohibits sex discrimination in any program or activity at any educational institution, have grown increasingly archaic. I can’t imagine girls storming Cromwell Field with pitchforks and torches if, heaven forbid, we had a ...
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