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Title IX in the Football Realignment Universe: sole sanity in a money-mad college sports culture
by Fair Game News
posted June 22, 2010 at 12:05pm

By Laura Pappano The frenzy of conference switching (Colorado, Utah, Nebraska plus others at least thinking about it), has caused a stir for one reason: Colleges fret that if the future really is about a few megaconferences that some schools will be big ...more

Quinnipiac trial begins tomorrow
by Title IX Blog
posted June 20, 2010 at 11:04pm

The trial in the Quinnipiac University volleyball case begins tomorrow in federal court in Connecticut. There is nothing new to report since last month's decision to grant class-action status to the case being brought by five volleyball players.As a remin...more

Palestinian women take over the raceway
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted June 19, 2010 at 8:58pm

Washington – Female racers are becoming more common on Palestinian race tracks as motorsports grows in popularity, Ma’an News Agency reported Monday. As the Palestine Motorsports Federation and British Consulate General finished two days of trainin...more

Softball added at Weatherford College
by Title IX Blog
posted June 18, 2010 at 5:30pm

A year-and-half ago, OCR launched an "inquiry" into Title IX compliance at Weatherford College in Texas, in response to gross disparity in athletic opportunities for male and female students. The inquiry produced an agreement that obligated the college ...more

"I Represent All Muslim Women": An interview by Charlie Wyett with Aravane Rezai
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted June 18, 2010 at 1:39pm

THE strawberries are being cut, the bottles of Pimms are being unloaded at the All England Club. And some blokes are thinking how hilarious it would be to shout 'C'mon Tim' ahead of a player serving on Centre Court. Yet you really know when Wimbledon is a...more

Study claims that Title IX has hurt men’s soccer . . . Really?
by Womenstake
posted June 14, 2010 at 4:25pm

by Neena Chaudhry, Senior CounselNational Women’s Law Center The College Sports Council (CSC) released a study last week claiming that Title IX has hurt men’s soccer. Sadly, the study is just another version of the same old attacks that the CSC an...more

No Offense, It's Just Business
by amber2jewel
posted June 12, 2010 at 8:41pm

Marie Hardin recently posted a WTS blog in response to Eric Deggens' column regarding a study confirming that while participation in women's sports has increased with Title IX, media coverage itself is stagnant, if not decreasing (see "Why the Apathy...more

Title IX, World Cup, human rights, and the quote of the day
by Title IX Blog
posted June 10, 2010 at 7:13pm

The College Sports Council, which advocates for Title IX "reform," has used the start of the men's World Cup to issue a report on the alleged lack of growth of men's soccer at the collegiate level in the United States. This is not a new argument as I have...more

Another example of sexism in sport
by One Sport Voice
posted June 9, 2010 at 5:07pm

This will simply be a repost from Christine Brennan’s blog about the sexist ad the Chicago Tribune ran featuring NHL Flyers player Chris “Chrissy” Pronger. It always amazes me that feminizing male professional athletes is seen as humorous, an appro...more

Community saves sports at Bakersfield
by Title IX Blog
posted June 2, 2010 at 6:57pm

In February we noted that CSU Bakersfield was, due to budget shortfalls, being forced to cut four sports: golf (MW), tennis (W), and wrestling (M).But community members and donors have rallied in what appears to be two separate campaigns to raise money to...more

The Real Issue with Flag Football for Females in Florida
by Womenstake
posted May 28, 2010 at 10:01am

by Neena Chaudhry, Senior CounselNational Women’s Law Center Cross-posted from ACS Blog The New York Times' recently featured an article about the rise of flag football as a varsity sport among girls in Florida. I was quoted in the article as questio...more

Softball facility improvement forthcoming in NC
by Title IX Blog
posted May 26, 2010 at 5:01pm

It does not appear that we blogged about the complaint filed with OCR in 2009 out of Richmond County in North Carolina. But the allegations of disparities in the treatment of women's athletics, specifically softball, are currently being investigated. And ...more

Quinnipiac plaintiffs certified as class action
by Title IX Blog
posted May 25, 2010 at 10:51pm

A district court judge in Connecticut ruled last week granted class action status to a lawsuit filed by Quinnipiac volleyball players who are suing for a permanent injunction against Title IX violations that would result from the university's decision to ...more

Moroccan female soccer players fight uphill battle for resources
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted May 24, 2010 at 6:33pm

In Moroccan society today female players who fought and won the right to play soccer have a new battle on their hands. They have a professional league, but they still lag far behindMorocco’s male players when it comes to the basics of the game- time,...more

Are flag football opportunities equal opportunities?
by Title IX Blog
posted May 24, 2010 at 6:31pm

Recently, the New York Times profiled the increasing popularity of flag football as a high school sport for girls, particularly in Florida. In trying to examine the controversial nature of the sport, the article managed to add controversy by sensationali...more

For Nike women are only good for laughs
by From A Left Wing
posted May 23, 2010 at 7:39pm

People seem to like Alejandro Iñárritu's ad for Nike's 2010 World Cup campaign. I don't. Women appear in it only as sex objects and jokes. Below is a survey of the three moments in this ad in which women figure:1. Sex objects in the background of a fant...more

Petticoats in the ring: Women from Bolivia's impoverished indigenous community take up wrestling
by anngaff
posted May 21, 2010 at 7:17pm

Thanks to @humungusMMA who sent me this link on twitter, saying "I know you'd appreciate this. These ladies go hard" Appreciate it I did. Great quotes from these women breaking out of the box to find a competitive outlet. "Of course, we're fighters," the...more

Reporting from Sydney: World Conference on Women & Sport!
by Fair Game News
posted May 21, 2010 at 1:01pm

By Sarah Odell and Lindsay Rico Have you ever considered access to athletics a human right? Do you wonder why it it matters for women to play sports? And, what the heck is Netball? These are a few of the questions being put forth at the Fifth World Co...more

Notes from the 5th World Congress on Women in Sport
by One Sport Voice
posted May 21, 2010 at 12:45pm

The first full day of the 5th IWG World Conference on Women in Sport just concluded. Last night was the opening keynote in which Cathy Freeman was in attendance (see photo). A video of Freeman’s 400m race at the 2000 Sydney Olympics was shown. Freeman w...more

Foul call: Women’s softball cut short by darkness beside empty, lighted men’s baseball field
by Fair Game News
posted May 20, 2010 at 11:48pm

Photo is for illustration only. Credit: Walla Walla University By Rachael Goldenberg Who would have thought that one call — way back on opening day — could determine the outcome of a collegiate softball season? Wednesday, March 17 was the start o...more

Billie Jean King
by Alison M. Starnes Blog
posted May 20, 2010 at 11:46pm

A good friend of mine recently came to Sacramento to watch the Sacramento Grand Prix (the women’s criterium that finished on the men’s finishing circuit of the ToC). Gail and I have discussed the changes in women’s sports as we have trained and had...more

UAE Soccer shows status of Muslim Female Athletes
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted May 19, 2010 at 4:23pm

They only recently got a grass practice field. They've come under attack on their Facebook page, and some fear telling their relatives that during their spare time they play soccer. Such are the troubles for the national women's team from the Unit...more

Testing the not-so-separate waters in Canada
by After Atalanta
posted May 17, 2010 at 12:32pm

Laura Pappano and Eileen McDonagh argued in their book, Playing with the Boys: Why Separate is Not Equal in Sports, that the continued separation of the genders (for the purpose of this post we'll go with the rather simplistic construction of gender as a ...more

Muslim Women are taking part in aqua-aerobic and swimming events
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted May 10, 2010 at 4:08pm

All these year’s Muslim females have faced the problem of finding an appropriate swimwear which adheres to the Koran, which requires a woman to cover everything except her face, hands and feet. The swimwears available in the market were either not targ...more

Women race in rare track meet in Hamas-ruled Gaza
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted May 10, 2010 at 3:28pm

About 40 women in tracksuits and headscarves have competed in a rare track meet in Hamas-ruled Gaza. The athletes ran 100, 400 and 1,500 meters in Saturday's championship. Some raced barefoot and others waved to cheering spectators during their races. Run...more

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