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Reaction to IHSAA lawsuit
by Title IX Blog
posted July 24, 2009 at 10:18am

Seems as if reaction is mixed regarding the current scheduling of boys and girls basketball games in Indiana. This also means there is mixed reaction over what schedule changes might occur if the lawsuit is successful.It certainly does not appear that--at...more

Coach's Corner: Increasing Your Three Types of Energy
by Hoop Thoughts
posted July 21, 2009 at 1:41am

I love my Brian Tracy daily newsletter! From a couple of days ago, he talks about increasing your three types of energy:Most successful people can be characterized as having very high levels of energy. Since energy is the fuel with which everything is ach...more

A FHSAA P.S.
by Title IX Blog
posted July 18, 2009 at 1:17pm

The piece the NYT ran about FHSAA's decision to reverse its earlier inequitable cuts was the most comprehensive one I read. In addition to reporting on the situation in Florida, it notes that other state high school athletics associations have enacted sim...more

FHSAA takes it back
by Title IX Blog
posted July 17, 2009 at 12:14pm

The cuts to the number of interscholastic competitions, passed by the Florida High School Athletic Association in April, were rescinded yesterday in an emergency meeting, as expected.There will still be a hearing tomorrow to consider the injunction brough...more

Rescinding on the horizon
by Title IX Blog
posted July 16, 2009 at 11:20am

The Florida High School Athletic Association is meeting (I thought tomorrow but this article implies it is today) and is likely to overturn its own decision to cut varsity sport competitions--except in football and "competitive" cheerleading--by 20 percen...more

Take a Knee: Teen Girls Talk B-Ball, Leadership, Life
by Fair Game News
posted July 14, 2009 at 12:11pm

By Laura Pappano Because we can all benefit from hearing serious young female athlete voices, we connected with three talented basketball players who just finished nine days at the summer academy run by the non-profit SportsChallenge Leadersh...more

Florida High School Athletic Association accused of Title IX violation
by Womenstake
posted July 12, 2009 at 1:56pm

by Kolbe Franklin, Program Associate, National Womens Law Center Claiming budget constraints, the Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) recently approved a plan to reduce the number of varsity-level games for all sports except football. In ...more

Summer of hoops
by MichelleSmith
posted July 10, 2009 at 12:04am

Young players laying basketball paths on recruiting trail...more

Banning boy from field hockey underscores discrimination and stereotypes against girls
by Title IX Blog
posted July 8, 2009 at 12:50pm

A Waynesboro, PA high school principal's decision to prohibit a male student from trying out for field hockey is being decried by some as "reverse discrimination." Reverse discrimination? Invoking Title IX, the principal told Mat Levine that (1) his pre...more

FHSAA seeks dismissal
by Title IX Blog
posted July 8, 2009 at 12:33pm

In the "you've got to be kidding me" moment of the week (of course, it's only Tuesday, and things can change quickly in Title IX land--especially when it comes to litigation) the Florida High School Athletic Association has asked a judge to dismiss the la...more

College coaches hit the road for July recruiting, Big State Flava Jam a big draw
by HoopFeed.com
posted July 6, 2009 at 7:21pm

The July recruiting season is in full swing. After an Independence Day weekend break, college coaching staffs hit the road for a month long session of heavy-duty recruiting. For nationally ranked players, last week’s Nike Skills Camp in Oregon gave th...more

Cheerleading to ease Title IX controversy?
by Title IX Blog
posted July 2, 2009 at 2:39pm

That's the thought of a writer in New York who believes that the growth of competitive cheerleading and its acceptance as a sport by some schools could help ease all the Title IX controversy over "quotas."Would that it were so (or that we would want it to...more

Women coaching men: The RI round-up
by After Atalanta
posted June 30, 2009 at 3:49pm

Here is a very "comprehensive" article about women who coach men/boys in Rhode Island. High school and college coaches and some of their achievements. The writer lists ALL of the women who coach men/boys and where they do so. There are 32 in total. No na...more

Young golfer wins essay contest for a ProAm spot
by Ladies on the Tee
posted June 30, 2009 at 11:56am

While playing in a Duramed ProAm in Mason, OH I was teamed with a young high school golfer that was awarded a spot in the event via an essay contest – not your normal way to get to play in such an event. This young woman is Brittany Zins, a soon-to-be...more

Title IX doesn't cover coach's discrimination against female football player, court rules
by Title IX Blog
posted June 29, 2009 at 12:53pm

Ivyanne Elborough played football on the freshman team at Evansville High School in Wisconsin. She was the only female member of the team. Her coach, Ron Grovesteen, apparently did not like having a girl on the team. He regularly failed to unlock the g...more

Easing the transition from high school to college
by Sport Management Education
posted June 29, 2009 at 12:22pm

High school graduations across the nation have come and gone and hopefully the graduates are enjoying their summer. As they prepare to head off to college in the fall there are a few things that come to mind that will help in the transition from high ...more

More coverage of Florida case
by Title IX Blog
posted June 21, 2009 at 1:06pm

This site has an interview with Nancy Hogshead-Makar, several student-athletes, and a parent about the lawsuit and injunction Florida Parents for Athletic Equity have filed against the Florida High School Athletic Association which has a policy that will ...more

Florida case and thoughts on cheerleading
by Title IX Blog
posted June 18, 2009 at 12:03pm

The Florida Parents for Athletic Equity have indeed filed a lawsuit against the Florida High School Athletic Association as they promised they would if FHSAA did not make moves toward ensuring equitable competitive opportunities.This case and the Quinnipi...more

Facebooking a discrimination case
by Title IX Blog
posted June 17, 2009 at 12:10pm

Florida Parents for Athletic Equity will be following through on their decision to file a lawsuit against the Florida High School Athletic Association over the latter's policy to reduce the number of athletic contests for all teams except football.And the...more

Intersections of gender, race, and youth sport
by After Atalanta
posted June 15, 2009 at 11:00pm

This past weekend the NYT published a very good article on the access urban girls have to sport. The Title IX Blog has given some more of the details of the article itself (and provides a link), but I want to, especially in light of Golf Channel commentat...more

The not-so-far-reaching effects of equity in sports
by Title IX Blog
posted June 15, 2009 at 11:54am

Frequently overlooked when we make statements such as "girls have benefited from Title IX" or "the growth of high school girls in sports has been X-fold since the passage of Title IX" is the fact that "girls" is not a nice, neat category. "Girls" is actua...more

Florida compliance: Never mind
by Title IX Blog
posted June 14, 2009 at 11:48am

The negotiations between the Florida High School Athletic Association and Florida Parents for Athletic Equity, which is being represented by Nancy Hogshead-Makar, have apparently broken down because the announcement that was expected Friday never happened...more

Is cheerleading the most dangerous high school sport?
by Sports Girls Play
posted June 12, 2009 at 12:53pm

Did you know that 65% of all the catastrophic injuries in girls high school sports in the past 25 years are Cheerleading injuries? Did you know that when it comes to high school sports as a whole that Cheerleading is 2nd only to football for the most numb...more

Lawsuit filed against Canton school district
by Title IX Blog
posted June 11, 2009 at 1:32pm

Students and parents in Canton, Illinois, have sued School District No. 66 over alleged Title IX violations. Their complaint maintains that the district discriminates against girls' athletics in the scheduling practice times and times, and by providing e...more

Potential resolution in Florida interscholastic athletics
by Title IX Blog
posted June 11, 2009 at 12:07pm

After being given a 10-day window to come up with an equitable solution to cutting sports contests, the Florida High School Athletic Association will announce two options for schools. In April FHSAA said it would cut all varsity contests by 20 percent--ex...more

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