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Lane Kiffin’s first USC recruiting violation
by Draft Day Suit
posted January 24, 2010 at 6:22pm

Whoever had 10 days in the pool can come collect their money. That was how long it took Lane Kiffin to commit his first recruiting violation at USC. On Saturday he picked a USC prospect up at the airport in a limousine. At this rate he should be able t...more

Why the NCAA Should Seize New Media Opportunities: Overcoming Faulty Assumptions and False Dichotomies
by Swish Appeal
posted January 23, 2010 at 9:56pm

When Swish Appeal first launched way back in September 2009, we made the decision to cover women's college basketball and figured that we would try to obtain media credentials for games.Given that we had both been credentialed to cover the WNBA playoffs...more

St. Rose adds lacrosse
by Title IX Blog
posted January 23, 2010 at 12:33pm

Bucking the cutting trend, the College of St. Rose has announced it will add lacrosse for the 2010-11 season. Men's lacrosse. They are building a turf field as part of a general improvement of facilities project and need a team to put on it. Apparently a...more

NCAA and social media: Friends?
by ...Because I Played Sports
posted January 23, 2010 at 12:16pm

NCAA is jumping on the social media bandwagon. Photo credit: biojobblog.com I’d like to extend a huge “welcome!” to NCAA collegiate athletic departments – it seems that this year, you may have finally realized the power of technology in bringin...more

Delaware State violates Title IX with recent elimination of equestrian team
by Title IX Blog
posted January 22, 2010 at 1:44pm

Via Jarrett at HBCU Sports Blog, I learned that Delaware State University recently announced a decision to eliminate men's tennis and women's equestrian. The decision, which comes less than a year after announced elimination of the men's wrestling team, ...more

For the love of the game?
by Draft Day Suit
posted January 20, 2010 at 5:59pm

What is the purpose of youth sports? At what age do you feel it is appropriate for children to actually ‘train’ for a specific sport? What about travel teams? Or ’stacking teams’ to win the division? These questions literally keep me up at night. ...more

Conferences & Networking Events: Make the most of the New Year
by Sport Management Education
posted January 18, 2010 at 3:35pm

After taking an extended and much needed break, I am back! I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season and your new year is off to a great start. During my break I did a lot of work. I know it is an oxymoron but I started working on a couple of p...more

NCAA happenings
by Title IX Blog
posted January 17, 2010 at 7:19pm

The annual NCAA meeting concluded this weekend after a great deal of business was conducted--or at least it seemed that way from press coverage; I wasn't there. I just wanted to quickly mention two decisions.The first is in regards to sand volleyball. Des...more

Paying youth athletes for performance
by One Sport Voice
posted January 16, 2010 at 12:47pm

A colleague forwarded me an e-news from sports-media.org that contained an article titled Cash For Goals in Youth Soccer: Adults Gone Wild. When I give parent education clinics as part of a research-based educational program I helped develop called Pare...more

Sand volleyball: In or out?
by Title IX Blog
posted January 15, 2010 at 4:21pm

The NCAA, which is meeting in Atlanta, Georgia this week, is voting today on whether to keep sand volleyball (for women) or to nix it from the list of emerging sports.When it was added I recall a little concern on my part on how it would be implemented an...more

Showtime airing Jump! documentary
by Draft Day Suit
posted January 15, 2010 at 12:15pm

If you have the Showtime channel, I strongly urge you to check out the documentary Jump! that they are airing throughout January. The documentary follows five competitive jump rope teams in their quest to the World Championship. I’m particularly dra...more

Former Texas A&M; diving coach files retaliation case
by Title IX Blog
posted January 15, 2010 at 11:36am

Kevin Wright, who was fired in September from his position as head coach of Texas A&M's diving team, has sued the university in state court, alleging he was terminated in retaliation for reporting concerns about gender discrimination in athletics. Ac...more

Not a pretty girl*
by After Atalanta
posted January 14, 2010 at 8:48pm

And thank goodness for that because then I might have been recruited as a hostess. You're thinking sex work, right? Nope. Well, maybe, kind of.According to this article from a December issue of Inside Higher Ed, the sketchy practice of pretty girls hostin...more

Annual NCAA convention addresses arms race
by Title IX Blog
posted January 14, 2010 at 4:12pm

The NCAA is holding its annual meeting this week down in warm, sunny Georgia--well it was supposed to b warm and sunny, anyway.Of course more important things are on the agenda which should distract from the cold snap down south, including the athletics "...more

Pat Summitt: “No, I can’t coach football.”
by HoopFeed.com
posted January 14, 2010 at 12:36pm

Pat Summitt talks about former Tennessee football coach Lane Kiffin during an appearance before the big Orange Tipoff Club on Wednesday. During her weekly teleconference yesterday she said that Kiffin’s decision to leave the school after only 14 mont...more

Why must softball game prep include bronzer and eyeliner?
by Fair Game News
posted January 14, 2010 at 11:59am

By Megan Wood My final college softball season starts in three weeks. Time to worry about my makeup and hair? Softball may be a serious, competitive, slide-in-the-dirt sport, but as it grows in popularity (and TV interest), there is heightened attention...more

School district may be liable for football camp harassment
by Title IX Blog
posted January 13, 2010 at 2:43pm

A federal district court in California recently denied efforts of the Gustine (California) Unified School District to obtain summary judgment on Title IX claims stemming from peer harassment at a high school football camp. The plaintiff was a rising fres...more

Student whistleblower loses retaliation case
by Title IX Blog
posted January 13, 2010 at 11:37am

A court in Arizona dismissed a Title IX case against the Gilbert Public Schools, in which the plaintiff argued she was retaliated against for reporting sexual comments by her coach. The plaintiff, Madison Power, was a sophomore on the basketball team whe...more

Women’s Basketball’s Next Superstar?
by Pretty Tough
posted January 10, 2010 at 7:46pm

Brittney Griner has been in the news a lot lately, dunking regularly as a member of Baylor women’s basketball team and helping to redefine the college game. But basketball’s next superstar may be playing for a girls’ prep school team in New Jersey....more

What is the NSCAA doing to recognize and celebrate diversity?
by Soccer Science
posted January 10, 2010 at 1:12pm

As you may know, the NSCAA is making a substantial effort to recognize and celebrate its diversity, and to be a truly inclusive organization. Marcia McDermott, the incoming President of the NSCAA (you can follow her on Twitter @RedStarsGM btw), has se...more

Complaint against Lebanon temporarily suspended
by Title IX Blog
posted January 8, 2010 at 3:10pm

A complaint brought anonymously against Lebanon High School in Oregon has been suspended for now while the school collects data on gender equity in its athletics department.At issue in the original complaint filed in November 2009 was the facilities and b...more

This National Girls and Women in Sports Day, Urge Schools to Support Their Female Athletes
by Womenstake
posted January 8, 2010 at 2:23pm

by Neena Chaudhry, Senior Counsel, National Women’s Law Center On February 3, 2010, join NWLC in celebrating National Girls and Women in Sports Day. On this day every year, advocates, students, and parents across the country show their support for wo...more

Zimbabwean field hockey player gets a Rhodes
by Women's Sports Blog
posted January 6, 2010 at 2:32pm

The American winners were announced on November 22, but it took a little longer for the international results to come in. IU is bursting at the seams with the news that its own Mutsa Mutembwa was awarded one of the prizes and will study at Oxford. Sin...more

District Court Upholds Title IX and JMU Sports Cuts
by Title IX Blog
posted January 6, 2010 at 12:46pm

Recently a federal district court in Virginia upheld both Title IX and James Madison University's 2006 decision to eliminate ten athletic teams -- a move that impacted more men's teams (7) than women's (3), but which corrected the underrepresentation of w...more

Advice for Sport Parents: How to help your athlete make tough decisions
by One Sport Voice
posted January 6, 2010 at 12:32pm

Recently one of my hockey teammates asked me advice on how to handle a situation with her 14 year old teenage son. The son is a high level gymnast who has potential for a collegiate scholarship. He must travel out state to attend meets at his level, a...more

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