383 Results for tag: Title IX
We've written a number of times about how the manner in which
Title IX is enforced can harm women as well as men. A good example of this is college gymnastics. I'll let Sherman Cain, a reporter for The Journal Inquirer in Connecticut, explain why:
But let’s face it, in gymnastics, some of us need to be educated. If it weren’t for WGYM [women's gymnas...
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At the end of July, many proponents of reform of
Title IX enforcement got an early Christmas present from ESPN.com when Gregg Easterbrook, better known as the author of the Tuesday Morning Quarterback column, penned an extensive take on why
Title IX needed to be reformed.
For me, it felt like a landmark moment. For the most part, we don't see many person...
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The news just moved on the AP wire. Quinnipiac University has submitted its
Title IX compliance plan to Judge Stefan Underhill. According to the story, the school will keep both competitive cheer and volleyball under the plan, while adding women's golf and women's rugby.
Unmentioned by the story, however, were the men's teams the school eliminated in the ...
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Over the past few weeks, I have to admit that I've been more than a little vexed over the controversy concerning competitive cheer and
Title IX. I feel that way because there's an elephant in the room that the opponents of competitive cheer are either working to obscure or just refuse to acknowledge.
You see, competitive cheer already qualifies as a ...
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It was a little less than a month ago that we warned our readers about two pieces of legislation making their way through the House and the Senate that the College Sports Council believes will be used as a can opener to bring quotas and proportionality to high school sports.
As it turns out, what we feared the most is already happening in some high schools ...
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Here's a piece of news that had me gasping in astonishment: the National Organization of Women has come out in support of competitive cheer. Here's a linkto the statement:
Granting cheerleading a place in the sports world will force the development of stricter regulations, official tournaments, and improved training and safety procedures -- important ...
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Thanks to Wendy Parker, I came across a quote from Nancy Hogshead-Makar of the Women's Sports Foundation concerning the relative value of competitive cheer vs. other sports. I think it makes interesting reading. The following quote comes from The Telegraph, a newspaper in the United Kingdom:
Nancy Hogshead-Makar, a lawyer for the Women's Sports Foundation, ...
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A couple of weeks ago, I got to know Kimberly Archie, the founder of the National Cheer Safety Foundation. And after having a couple of conversations with her, it was impossible not to come away incredibly impressed at both her knowledge and her energy. Here at the College Sports Council, we're very excited to be working with her.
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For those of you who don't think competitive cheer is a sport, take a look at this video report on the squad at the University of Maryland.
Can somebody send this to the Women's Sports Foundation?
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The following is an official statement from Eric Pearson, Chairman of the College Sports Council on yesterday's decision by a federal court in Connecticut that determined that competitive cheer cannot be considered a varsity sport under
Title IX:
"Varsity status for competitive cheer is all about safety.
The ruling by the judge in the Quinnipiac case is ...
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