Parents filing Title IX complaints with the Office of Civil Rights might be the trend of the month.In South Carolina, parents of a cheerleader at Lugoff-Elgin High School started wondering where the money allotted for cheerleaders was going when they were told the squad would not be able to replace … [Read more...]
Competitive Cheer Pushes to be Recognized as Varsity Sport
Today's New York Times includes an article on the competing proposals to the NCAA to recognize some version of competitive cheer as an emerging sport for women. One was submitted by a consortium of six universities already sponsoring varsity-level cheer, which they call +ACI-Acrobatics and Tumbling,+ACI- … [Read more...]
Required to cheer for your assailant? Whose rights count?
By Susan McGee Bailey The U.S. Supreme Court last week remained silent in the case of a Texas cheerleader, but the message was alarmingly loud: It may be 2011, but high school girls don't have the same rights as high school guys. The Court declined to hear an appeal from a Texas cheerleader and her … [Read more...]
Bring in ‘da Noise, Bring in ‘da Funk: Cheer is here
Rather STUNT is here.USA Cheering's season of STUNT began last week with a competition at University of Louisville featuring teams from the host institution as well as West Virginia University, and Moorehead State.You might recall a certain schism in the cheering world that occurred after the … [Read more...]
The cheerleaders are fighting!
Yes, I went for the cheap titillation with the not-so-accurate headline. But I am so very amused at the way this whole cheerleading+ADs sport or not? thing has gone down since the ruling earlier in the summer in the Quinnipiac case. Every week since the ruling (that said only that the Quinnipiac … [Read more...]
Some reflections on the media’s coverage of the Quinnipiac decision
I've been reluctant to post links to the media coverage and commentary regarding the Quinnipiac ruling. This is because most of it that I've read sounds as if the author didn't even read the judge's opinion, but rather, used a generalized version of its conclusion as a starting point for his or her … [Read more...]
Lessons from Quinnipiac: Cheer should be an NCAA sport (with a different name), think fresh (don’t whine like the male wrestlers) - and, yes, we still need Title IX
By Laura Pappano When District Judge Stefan Underhill ruled against Quinnipiac University - last year they sought to cut women's volleyball and add competitive cheer to fulfill Title IX requirements - the 95-page ruling ironically did more to boost competitive cheer than it did for the future of the … [Read more...]
espnW, cheerleading, violence, Nike, Title IX…so many things to share!
Sorry if I've been blogging less lately, there are to many things going on to take the time to blog+ACE That said, I wanted to share with you some information you might find interesting. 1. A key Title IX ruling was recently passed down that has implications for girls and women in sport. In essence the … [Read more...]
Quinnipiac volleyball players win Title IX decision
Today Judge Stefan Underhill granted Quinnipiac University volleyball players an injunction that will allow the team to exist through the 2010-11 season. In reaching this decision, the judge determined that Quinnipiac's decision to terminate the volleyball team violated Title IX because it … [Read more...]
Perspectives in QU/cheerleading
Nothing major to report. I haven't seen any coverage of the closing arguments yet but if something of note occurs, we'll post about it.In reading some of the coverage that stemmed largely from Jeff Webb's testimony Tuesday about the legitimacy of cheerleading as a varsity sport, I came across a post … [Read more...]