383 Results for tag: Title IX

Don’t Believe Everything That You Read

Yesterday the Women's Sports Foundation released a report claiming that male athletes haven't been harmed by enforcement of Title IX. To say the least, the folks at the College Sports Council are more than a little bit flummoxed by that conclusion, given that we came to much the opposite conclusion back in 2007. Here's a statement from Eric Pearson, ... More

Where Will America Find Its Next Generation of Olympic Athletes?

That's a question that Philip Hersh at the LA Times asked earlier this week: It no longer makes any difference whether the U.S. Olympic Committee was sandbagging or simply being realistic with its pre-Games pronouncements about medal hopes in Beijing. The significant thing is its analysis was exactly correct. So it would be wise to listen to USOC ... More

Olympic Greats John Naber, Peter Vidmar, Dan Gable and Cael Sanderson join with Actor Billy Baldwin Calling for ‘Common Sense’ reform of Title IX

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. ... More

Allison Kasic on Title IX’s Faults

Our friend Allison Kasic of the Independent Women's Forum has a piece in the Christian Science Monitor today on the downside of Title IX: The scope of Title IX has expanded dramatically through a combination of court cases and government policy interpretations (mostly through the US Department of Education). A 1979 interpretation established a ... More

Over 500 Americans Sign CSC Petition on Title IX

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: This ... More

CSC Issues National Appeal for “Common-Sense Reform” of Title IX

The College Sports Council and the Independent Women’s Forumtoday issued a national appeal on the 36th anniversary of the passage of Title IX calling on men and women to work together to effect “straightforward and common-sense” reform to the law’s enforcement mechanism in college athletics. The text of the petition, with lead signatories ... More

Allison Kasic on Title IX and Arizona State

Over at National Review Online, Allison Kasic of the Independent Women's Forum is taking a look at the latest athletic cuts at Arizona State: Title IX proponents have long stated that schools can comply with the law by adding sports for women, without a negative impact on men’s teams. Unfortunately, reality tells a different tale. With the current ... More

Boosters Save ASU Wrestling

Congrats to the supporters of ASU Wrestling who stepped up and saved the program. More

The Seattle PI Fumbles on Women’s Wrestling

It must be silly season in the wake of yesterday's story in the New York Times concerning the rise of women's wrestling at the high school and collegiate level. Today, the Editorial Board at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer stepped into the breach created by the article in order to spew some more disinformation: For all the interest high school ... More

Getting it Wrong on Women’s Wrestling

In this morning's edition of the New York Times, reporter Katie Thomas tried to take a closer look at the growth of women's wrestling at the collegiate level. Unfortunately for the readers of the Times, this look at the sport fails to tell the whole story, falling back on tired old stereotypes and slanders against male coaches who have actually worked ... More