Fact Checking the Women’s Sports Foundation on John Stossel and Title IX
I had a hard time not chuckling a little bit in the run up to John Stossel’s prime time special last Friday night. The reason—this tweet that the Women’s Sports Foundation (WSF) let loose a couple of...
View ArticleIWF’s Allison Kasic to Debate Nancy Hogshead-Makar Tonight on Stossel
Tonight’s edition of Stossel, airing at 9:00 p.m. U.S. EST and again at Midnight, is taking a closer look at the world of sports, including Title IX and college athletics. The show will be dedicating...
View ArticleA Tweet from Nancy Hogshead-Makar
Last Friday evening, the College Sports Council got into an extended conversation with Nancy Hogshead-Makar, Senior Director for Advocacy for the Women’s Sports Foundation on our Twitter feed. While...
View ArticleSome Common Sense Ideas on Title IX Reform from Beau Dure
Earlier today, the College Sports Council got into another sharp exchange on Twitter that, in the end, might have actually produced something productive. While you can read about the details yourself...
View ArticleCheer Mom Blasts Women’s Sports Foundation in NYT Letter to the Editor
Over the weekend, the New York Times published a letter to the editor from the mother of a competitive cheerleader that probably wasn’t well received at the HQ of the Women’s Sports Foundation on Long...
View ArticleWomen’s Sports Foundation Celebrates While Students Still Get Cut from Teams...
Last Friday, the Women’s Sports Foundation (WSF) issued a press release, “WSF Responds to American Sports Council v. Department of Education decision.” Except the response, like that of the NWLC, did...
View ArticleESPN Confuses Title IX Rhetoric And Factual Reporting
ESPNW’s coverage (read: advertising, media, traffic-driving blitz) of the fortieth anniversary of Title IX makes us question its commitment to journalistic integrity. Sure, ESPN has a handbook on...
View ArticleUniversity of Maryland Cuts Varsity Cheer Program
The Washington Post’s Liz Clarke reports that the University of Maryland (UMD) has cut its 9-year competitive cheerleading team because of budget. This development is especially devastating because UMD...
View ArticleThe Women’s Sports Foundation: A Magician
The good news: The Women’s Sports Foundation (WSF) reads this blog. Could it mean that WSF activists are finally grasping the truth? That they recognize that current Title IX enforcement methods are...
View ArticleWhen Will the Fabrications End?
In the Florida Times-Union, we learn that “Boys aren’t being hurt by Title IX” even though male and female athletes, think-tankers and government lawyers prove otherwise. We are told that Title IX...
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