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Eric Pearson on Title IX

June 02, 2010 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author: Joshua Thompson The National Review Online has an excellent piece by Eric Pearson of the College Sports Council.  The College Sports Council is a national coalition of coaches, athletes, parents, and fans who are devoted to preserving and promoting the student athlete experience.  The CSC is the leading organization working for ...

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Title IX has outlived its purpose

July 28, 2010 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author: Joshua Thompson Over at ESPN.com, Gregg Easterbrook, has this excellent piece on the latest ridiculous Title IX ruling.  Here's a snippet: Imagine telling marchers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., in 1965 that by 2010, "civil rights" would be privileged college kids complaining about sports schedules, wh ...

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Title IX compliance means less tennis for everyone

August 31, 2010 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author: Joshua Thompson The College Sports Council released a study today that links Title IX, a statute that has been applied to require "proportionality" in men and women collegiate athetics, to an overall decrease in the availability of tennis for men and women.  Women tennis players have more teams (311) to compete for than male ...

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Title IX Sexual Parity : Why Stop at Sports?

February 26, 2011 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author:  Anne Hayes As we have discussed in previous blogs, the National Women's Law Center (NWLC) has been very active lately, attempting to force high schools to adopt sex quotas for their sports programs under the theory that Title IX of the Civil Rights Act requires it.  To recap, Title IX of the Civil Rights Act sta ...

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Fact checking the Department of Education on Title IX

January 11, 2012 | By JOSHUA THOMPSON

Check out this post from our friends (and clients) at the American Sports Council. … ...

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Does Title IX reach voluntary donations?

February 07, 2012 | By JOSHUA THOMPSON

It shouldn’t, but that hasn’t stopped gender quota activists from tying to prevent voluntary booster clubs from supporting student athletes. Yes, these crusaders have even tried to stop bake sales from going forward.  Our friends at the American Sports Council report that a school district in Minnesota is now worried that booster clubs ...

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American Sports Council denied their day in court

March 28, 2012 | By JOSHUA THOMPSON

PLF’s lawsuit, American Sports Council v. Department of Education, was dismissed yesterday.  This is really unfortunate news.  The court held that American Sports Council (ASC) did not suffer any injury as a result of the Three-Part Test’s application to high schools.  Accordingly, ASC does not have “standing” to have i ...

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Cheerleading is still not a sport

August 07, 2012 | By JOSHUA THOMPSON

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today that competitive cheerleading is not a sport.  This is a very disappointing decision.  It is a slap in the face to the athletes that spend countless hours perfecting routines, and competing throughout the country.  The Court recognized that competitive cheerleading requires “strength, agili ...

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What does suing schools have to do with supporting our troops?

December 03, 2012 | By RALPH KASARDA

Hans Bader, of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, wonders too.  In his latest article, he writes about a peculiar attempt by Congress to overrule the Supreme Court with respect to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act and Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972.  The changes would allow agencies to be subject to disparate impact … ...