More on Title IX

Click here to see the response from the Women's Sport Foundation to the Title IX violations that are occurring in major universities.

Title IX phonies

Division 1 schools have finally been caught distorting numbers of female students in attempts to comply with title IX. Colleges were listing male practice players as women, which trimmed rosters of men’s teams and added players to women’s teams. Top universities in female athletics got caught, including Texas A&M and Duke University. Title IX was passed in 1972. It is a law that strictly states that no person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistant. The law consists of a three prong test that allows for compliance in any one of the three prongs. The first prong says that a school must show proportionality of female athletes to female students on campus. The second prong requires the school to demonstrate expansion for the underrepresented sex. Or lastly, the school must prove full and effective accommodation of the interests and abilities of the underrepresented sex. In the past, schools complied with the first prong and kept the number of female athletes and students proportional. Nowadays, with over 57 percent of the student population being female it is becoming a difficult prong to comply with.
R. Malott (kin 338I)

Sex Testing in the IOC!

Interesting blog by Pat Griffin on the newly established (and controversial) IOC policy around sex testing.

Title IX in the News

Click here for an interesting article about how universities are being deceptive around Title IX.

Roller Derby vs Langerie Football (LFL)

I just finished reading this article on Roller Derby compared to the LFL (Langerie Football League). The chairmen/CEO of the football league stated, "his league looks for athletes like tennis player Anna Kournikova." In my eyes this implies that they don't really look for athletes to show off their athletic ability on the field but rather look for women that are hot. The idea here is that if you aren’t marketable, you might as well not play. What a fantastic message for female athletes! On the other hand we have roller derby participant Bridget "Bones". She said roller derby has no “you must be this pretty to play” rule. In fact derby girls get to wear whatever they want expressing exactly what they want on the rink. There is a spot on the rink for all shapes and sizes. Bridget got involved because she loves sports and has always been competitive, but found that when women reach a certain age (like 23) there aren’t many opportunities to play team sports competitively. According to LFL contracts, players wearing “additional garments” under uniforms can be fined $500. Nobody would dare tell derby girls they can’t wear “additional garments.” You wouldn’t tell them they’re too fat or too old to wear hot pants either. Unless you had a death wish. The bottom line is that there are sports out there for women to express their athletic ability rather than using sex appeal.

Michael Walter
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Homophobia in Women's College Recruiting

Click here for the article that ties into the "Training Rules" Film we watched today in class.