Comments on: There’s a Title IX Game Being Played (and it’s NOT helping female athletes) http://fairgamenews.com/2009/05/there%e2%80%99s-a-title-ix-game-being-played-and-it%e2%80%99s-not-helping-female-athletes/ seeking equality on — and off — the field Fri, 11 May 2012 06:56:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Laura http://fairgamenews.com/2009/05/there%e2%80%99s-a-title-ix-game-being-played-and-it%e2%80%99s-not-helping-female-athletes/comment-page-1/#comment-72 Laura Sat, 16 May 2009 02:59:37 +0000 http://fairgamenews.com/?p=77#comment-72 Zalika -- First of all, you've got a great website and I so admire the HS football cred!! Just wish I had thought to play -- it seemed outrageous enough at the time to take shop & play boy soccer & baseball. I am of two minds about Title IX. I agree that it is maddeningly complicated (and vague in parts) and certainly in the big picture has created a two-tiered sports system. On the other hand, the pragmatist in me realizes that right now, it's all we've got -- and skirting it should do two things: 1) stir outrage and 2) realize that we need to address the deeper cultural/social bias that underlies the inequity issue. As for HS Athletics Accountability Act, the journalist in me wants all the information I can get. If requiring high schools to report, makes them also count, look, and consider - that's a good thing. Keep doing what you're doing! Zalika — First of all, you’ve got a great website and I so admire the HS football cred!! Just wish I had thought to play — it seemed outrageous enough at the time to take shop & play boy soccer & baseball.
I am of two minds about Title IX. I agree that it is maddeningly complicated (and vague in parts) and certainly in the big picture has created a two-tiered sports system. On the other hand, the pragmatist in me realizes that right now, it’s all we’ve got — and skirting it should do two things: 1) stir outrage and 2) realize that we need to address the deeper cultural/social bias that underlies the inequity issue.
As for HS Athletics Accountability Act, the journalist in me wants all the information I can get. If requiring high schools to report, makes them also count, look, and consider – that’s a good thing.
Keep doing what you’re doing!

]]> By: Zalika Green http://fairgamenews.com/2009/05/there%e2%80%99s-a-title-ix-game-being-played-and-it%e2%80%99s-not-helping-female-athletes/comment-page-1/#comment-70 Zalika Green Fri, 15 May 2009 15:40:00 +0000 http://fairgamenews.com/?p=77#comment-70 Title IX’s policies are so ambiguous that it makes it easy for schools to falsify compliance by methods that were used by Quinnipiac. “A school has a history of continuing practice of expanding opportunities for the underrepresented gender” seems pretty vague to me. The NCAA fought Title IX back when it was being introduced into legislation so the discrepancies between the NCAA and the US Department of Education shouldn’t seem surprising. What are your thoughts on the High School Athletics Accountability Act that was reintroduced in the House of Representatives? Do you think if this passes high schools will find ways to fudge these statistics too? By the way, I loved your book, Playing with the Boys. I thought it gave incredible insight into Title IX’s shortcomings and made a thought-provoking argument into desegregating sports. The court cases hit home for me since I played high school football for 2 years. A couple of the girls who paved the way were from towns in Westchester County, where I live and went to school. Title IX’s policies are so ambiguous that it makes it easy for schools to falsify compliance by methods that were used by Quinnipiac. “A school has a history of continuing practice of expanding opportunities for the underrepresented gender” seems pretty vague to me. The NCAA fought Title IX back when it was being introduced into legislation so the discrepancies between the NCAA and the US Department of Education shouldn’t seem surprising.

What are your thoughts on the High School Athletics Accountability Act that was reintroduced in the House of Representatives? Do you think if this passes high schools will find ways to fudge these statistics too?

By the way, I loved your book, Playing with the Boys. I thought it gave incredible insight into Title IX’s shortcomings and made a thought-provoking argument into desegregating sports. The court cases hit home for me since I played high school football for 2 years. A couple of the girls who paved the way were from towns in Westchester County, where I live and went to school.

]]> By: Quinnipiac Title IX case will open can of worms, but not the one you’re thinking about « The Bryant Blog: Life, Wrestling, Pop Culture http://fairgamenews.com/2009/05/there%e2%80%99s-a-title-ix-game-being-played-and-it%e2%80%99s-not-helping-female-athletes/comment-page-1/#comment-69 Quinnipiac Title IX case will open can of worms, but not the one you’re thinking about « The Bryant Blog: Life, Wrestling, Pop Culture Thu, 14 May 2009 02:23:16 +0000 http://fairgamenews.com/?p=77#comment-69 [...] Title IX, but here’s the thing, it’s not been a positive for men. Posts like this from FairGameNews.com make this seem like this is standard operating procedure for men’s programs, when in [...] [...] Title IX, but here’s the thing, it’s not been a positive for men. Posts like this from FairGameNews.com make this seem like this is standard operating procedure for men’s programs, when in [...]

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