Archive for the ‘The Data’ Category
Friday, December 11th, 2009
Here is time and opportunity to reflect -- and join the conversation. In the spirit of open-mindedness and collaboration that we think is the basis of good on and off field athletic play, the FairGameNews team made the unanimous decision (in an online chat, of course) to seek your contributions ...
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Thursday, September 24th, 2009
By Laura Pappano
and Lauren Taylor
R. Vivian Acosta and Linda Jean Carpenter, professors emerita at the City University of New York's Brooklyn College and co-authors of a book on Title IX, have collected data on women’s roles on – and off – the field in college athletics since 1977. They have ...
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Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009
By Laura Pappano
In a sports culture in which OBP, ERA, PR, SOG, QB Ratings (among others) rule the landscape, Linda Jean Carpenter and R. Vivian Acosta track stats you won't catch among box scores, but that have served a generation: Women's access to play and power in college athletics.
“There isn’t ...
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Friday, September 11th, 2009
By Laura Pappano
Last spring, an op-ed published in the Christian Science Monitor -- "The Price Gap Between Men and Women's Basketball Tickets is Madness" -- drew a slew of responses and comments, including some that were awfully hostile about the prospect of women's play being 1) worthwhile watching and 2) ...
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Sunday, April 5th, 2009
By Laura Pappano
THE QUALITY ISSUE: The Clippers could beat UNC, so..?
A reader writes: “…there is also a big gap between the quality of play for men’s and women’s college b-ball…and thus the price disparity.”
Absolutely, men’s college basketball is a fast-paced exciting game and male players on average may be bigger ...
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Friday, April 3rd, 2009
Click here to read Laura Pappano's op-ed in today's Christian Science Monitor on why the price gap between men's and women's division 1 college basketball tickets is a travesty -- and perpetuates economic disparities on and off the court.
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