Yesterday Executive Director Bill Hancock announced who would sit on the 13-member College Football Playoff (CFP) Selection Committee. The committee, which will pick the four teams that will vie in the playoff for the national championship next year, undoubtedly needed to be filled with … [Read more...]
THE CURIOUS CASE OF NCAA VIOLATIONS
I’m sure by now you’ve heard about the latest NCAA scandals. You know, theJohnny Manziel show, the Oklahoma State saga and the drama in the SEC. If you’re not, click on those little highlighted words and catch up. Reading about these and countless … [Read more...]
CBC Special - Women’s Canoeing Should Have Place in Olympics
Canoeing has one of the poorest gender equality ratios of any Summer Olympic sport, and although female kayakers are allowed to compete in both the sprint and slalom disciplines, female canoeists are kept out of the Games altogether. CBC Sports Special: Women's Canoeing Should Have Place in … [Read more...]
Sportscene’s Take: Academic report shuns Rogge’s “major boost for gender equality” at London 2012
Sportscene's Nicolaas Harding breaks down the University of Torontos report - which analysed whether London 2012 was in fact a model for gender equality in sport - for Olympic Canoe/Kayak. Results are, despite more female athletes competing in every sport and from every nation, startling: … [Read more...]
Larry Cain - Olympic Canoeing Gold Medalist on Women’s Canoe and Olympic Gender Inequality
Olympic Gold Medalist Canoeist Larry Cain speaks out on gender inequality in Olympic Canoeing "I'll probably ruffle a few feathers with this post, but it needs to be said. It's time for women to race canoe in the Olympics and continuing to ignore gender equity is seriously jeopardizing … [Read more...]
University of Toronto Report Reveals Inequalities at London 2012
The London 2012 Olympics - A Gender Equality Audit. From the Centre for Sport Policy Studies at the University of Toronto, Peter Donnelly and Michele K. Donnelly analysed gender equality in sport using the case of the 2012 London Olympics. WOMEN'S CANOE - READY FOR RIO! From the Executive … [Read more...]
Olympic Canoeing Survives IOC Axe - But is Gender Equity on the ICF Agenda?
In a recent article the International Canoe Federation (ICF) stated it was “disappointed” at its shock appearance among the sports in the firing line (the "Bottom 5") last month when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) was considering which sport to recommend for exclusion from the … [Read more...]
Just for women sports 24/7 coming our way
Sedona, AZ – [b] Heraea Marketing Scores with New Partner, Sports Channel for Women TV [/b] Heraea Marketing is starting to gain some traction and is being recognized for supporting female athletes exclusively. They do not promote any men nor do they showcase any male … [Read more...]
The Business of Track & Field Contracts
The Business of Track & Field Contracts I have started this journal entry a dozen times with the themes of Doors Open and Close, The Roads Are Open, A Different Path and A New Journey. Not one of those themes seemed to convey the thoughts and feelings I had of this past week’s happenings. … [Read more...]
Female NFL Ref Receives Online Attention
When Shannon Eastin steps on the field during the Green Bay Packers versus the San Diego Chargers game, she will become the first woman to ref an NFL game. A couple of weeks ago, the NFL hinted that the referee lockout could lead to opening opportunities for replacement referees. Eastin was … [Read more...]