2004 Archive


2005 Articles of Interest

Leadership for Non-Bosses --Getting Things Done Without Pulling Rank
By Paula Gamonal, Ravenwerks.com

You’re accountable for getting a project done, and you need assistance and cooperation from a number of people. There is a gap, however, between your responsibility and your authority level. Maybe you aren’t high enough on the totem pole to tell people what to do, or maybe even if you are, command and control is just not your style. How do you get buy-in, cooperation and assistance from people who don’t report to you?


Volleyball's New Spin - a Win for Women
By Kerri Walsh, Pro Beach Volleyball Player, San Antonio Sun, 12/15/05

‘Tis the season — and what a season this year has brought. It was the 25th anniversary of the NCAA women’s volleyball championships. I can’t help but be excited for the women who were on the court in San Antonio and admire the progress that female student-athletes have made during the past 25 years. What started very quietly in 1981 has resulted in avid popularity. The first women’s volleyball championships had minimal media coverage. The games are now televised nationwide and covered in major daily newspapers and sports magazines.

Future Leaders in Intercollegiate Athletics Headed for UW
By Jena Hubbard, UW, December 8, 2005

The University of Washington announced that it will offer the nation’s first master’s degree focused on developing leaders for college athletics organizations. Scheduled for a summer 2006 start, the University of Washington Master of Education in Intercollegiate Athletic Leadership will teach students the leadership and business skills necessary to lead successful careers in intercollegiate athletics.

Boise State Sees Gender Equaity
By Je T’aime Davis, arbiteronline.com, December 08, 2005

In an effort to remain in compliance with the Civil Rights Act of 1965, Boise State is in the “conversation stage” of an in-depth process to add another women’s sport to its athletic department roster. This cyclical process is not unusual and not restricted to colleges and universities. Adding, disbanding or developing sports within federally-funded colleges, universities and high schools began when Congress passed the law known as “Title IX” as an amendment to the Civil Rights Act in 1972. For full article go online here.

Tulane's Challenges & Solutions to Be Financially Viable
From Article by Jeffrey Selingo, The Chronicle of Higher Education, December 9, 2005

A little more than three months after Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, forcing administrators to cancel the fall semester at Tulane University, the storm has dealt another blow to the institution. On Thursday university officials announced a sweeping restructuring that will slice $60-million from the annual budget and will result in the layoffs of 233 faculty members, the elimination of 14 doctoral programs and 5 undergraduate majors, and the suspension of 8 athletics teams. For full article go online here.


23 of 56 Bowl Teams Fail to Meet New NCAA Academic Standards
By Brad Wolverton, The Chronicle of Higher Education, December 6, 2005

Forty-one percent of the college football teams headed to bowl games this year have failed to meet new academic standards set by the NCAA, according to an annual report released on Monday by the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at the University of Central Florida. The report, “APR Rates and Graduation Rates for 2005-06 Bowl-Bound Teams,” comes as teams prepare to meet stricter academic requirements that the NCAA recently adopted for college athletes. Under a new measurement called the Academic Progress Rate, or APR, teams score points based on how well their athletes do in the classroom and whether players are making progress toward their degrees. For full article go online here.

How Will the Future Shake Out
By Richard Byrne, The Chronicle of Higher Education, November 25, 2005

When people contemplate the future, they rarely do so with any balance. It is utopia or dystopia. So it is with higher education. Over the last few months, The Chronicle has gathered the thoughts of a broad cross section of higher-education experts on where they see academe in the year 2015. Optimists see the more than 4,200 colleges and universities in the United States as flexible enough to shift gears as student populations rise and then fall, and the economy grows and shrinks. Pessimists see decreased student access, higher costs, and falling prestige.

Tips for the Holidays - Six Ways to Stress Less
From Online South Beach Diet Newsletter

Everyone knows the holiday season brings plenty of joy as well as the chaos and stress of last-minute shopping, multiple cocktail parties, and hosting gatherings for friends and family. What you may not know is that chronic stress can contribute to the development of illnesses, including migraines, depression, heart disease, stroke, and cancer. Symptoms of chronic stress (generally characterized by long term pressure, tension, or strain) include having difficulty sleeping, not being able to concentrate well, or having trouble remembering things. People suffering from chronic stress may also become easily irritable and anxious, or develop head, stomach, and muscle aches. That’s why it’s so important to keep stress at bay — or at least to manage it effectively.

Mental Mangament: Exploring the Keys to Consistent Performance
By Dr. Roberta Vasko Kraus, Center for Creative Leadership

"If you want to change a feeling or a behavior, you have to do an action," said Kraus, a CCL faculty member who spoke at CCL's Friends of the Center Leadership Conference on preparing individuals and teams for consistent top performance. Roberta is also a NACWAA faculty member for the Institute for Athletics Executives.


CBS to Purchase CSTV
The NCAA News, November 3, 2005

CBS will purchase CSTV Networks Inc. early next year for a $325 million price tag. CSTV is a digital media forum devoted entirely to college sports. CSTV founder and CEO Brian Bedol will continue to operate the new cable entity, but will report to CBS chairman Leslie Moonves. Bedol founded CSTV after creating the Classic Sports Network, now ESPN Classic.

Electronic Room Keys Possible Identify Theft Issues
From Colorado Bureau of Investigation
 
Although room keys differ from hotel to hotel, a key obtained from the "Double Tree" chain that was being used for a regional Identity Theft Presentation was found to contain the following the information: customers name customers partial home address, hotel room number, check-in date and check-out dates, and customer's credit card number and expiration date!

Writing About Crisis Best Way to Avert One
Excerpt from Article in NCAA News by Christine Syme, Eastern Washington University, January 15, 2005
 
Research in the business sector shows that effective crisis management can drastically reduce the duration and effects of crisis events. The first step is to put something in writing. An effective plan will improve the institution's confidence in handling a crisis, shorten the length and effects of the crisis, manage the public message and help reduce liability with efficient record-keeping.


New NCAA Plan Would Pay Colleges Whose Athletes Do Well in Class
By BRAD WOLVERTON
 
A plan approved on Thursday by the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I Board of Directors would pay colleges up to $100,000 each if their athletes do particularly well in the classroom and a high percentage of them graduate every year.

A federal law intended to shine light on whether colleges treat male and female athletes equitably is mired in mistakes, interpretation errors and bureaucratic neglect 10 years after its passage, a USA TODAY investigation has found.

Job Prospects in College Athletics Drop for Female and Minority Applicants
By Brad Wolverton, The Chronicle of Higher Education, October 20, 2005

Women and members of minority groups continue to have few job opportunities in college sports, even fewer in 2004 than in the previous year in many areas of college athletics, according to a report released on Tuesday at a gathering of top college and professional athletics officials. The report, published by the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at the University of Central Florida, found that only about 6 percent of athletics directors and about 10 percent of college coaches in all sports are members of minority groups.

Member Profile: Shirelle Jackson

Jackson goes to FIU after spending the last two years at her alma mater, Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. While at Bowling Green, she served as the assistant director of student-athlete services. Prior to her stint at Bowling Green, she served as assistant athletic director for student development at Eastern Connecticut State University from 2002-2004.

Cutbacks at Small Aiports Threaten to Leave Some Colleges Stranded
By Kelly Field, The Chronicle of Higher Education, September 22, 2005

At a luncheon on Wednesday at the National Press Club, Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings fielded several questions pertaining to higher-education issues, including college costs, accountability, compliance with Title IX, and the impact of Hurricane Katrina. Following are excerpts of her responses to four paraphrased questions, along with analysis of some of her replies.

Study Sheds Light on Why Athletes Behave Badly
By Associated Press, September 27, 2005

Sharon Stoll knows why the sports page often reads like a police blotter – filled with news of illegal drugs, rapes, beatings and other crimes committed by athletes. Stoll, a professor at the University of Idaho, has spent her career studying the values and morals of elite athletes, and concluded that a great many jocks are deficient in moral reasoning, which governs honesty, fairness and responsibility.

Choosing Career Over College
By Adam de Jong, Daily Bruin, September 25, 2005

More players from different sports are leaving school early to play for pros. While the NCAA may portray the statistics as being slightly better than they really are, many coaches and players at the collegiate level concede that the increased national exposure of the Olympic sports has provided more career opportunities to student-athletes in a wide range of sports that were once considered "secondary".

Member Profile: Betsy Mosher

Betsy Mosher was named the senior associate athletics director for administration and program integrity at Fresno State University. She will also possess the role of senior woman administrator. Mosher will supervise the sports of baseball, men's and women's golf, men's and women's tennis, cross country, soccer, men's and women's track and field. She will oversee Fresno State's NCAA and WAC compliance programs, student-athlete services and the athletic training unit. Full article can be seen at http://gobulldogs.collegesports.com/genrel/092005aae.html

Education Secretary Weighs in on Hurricane Relief Costs, Rising Tuition, Accountability, and Title IX
By Kelly Field, The Chronicle of Higher Education, September 22, 2005

At a luncheon on Wednesday at the National Press Club, Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings fielded several questions pertaining to higher-education issues, including college costs, accountability, compliance with Title IX, and the impact of Hurricane Katrina. Following are excerpts of her responses to four paraphrased questions, along with analysis of some of her replies.

Time Management Tips: Time-Management No-Brainers
By Dave de Sousa

Where did the day go -- or the week or the month or the year, for that matter? Contrary to popular belief, time can fly when you are stressed, burning the candle at both ends, overworked and not having any fun at all. Time is your most important asset, because it is the only one you can’t reorder or renew. For full article, go to http://www.courant.com/sports/college/hc-playbook0916.artsep16,0,5037358.story?coll=hc-headlines-sports-college

Try to Beat Job Burnout - Part 2 of 2
By Shelly Field, Monster.com

One of the best ways to defeat burnout is to make your job more enjoyable. "That's impossible," you say. It may be hard, but not impossible. Sometimes you just have to change how you think. No matter how boring or depressing your job may be at times, you have to find chances to laugh. Laughter breaks the tension of difficult situations. It helps cut the stress you feel and the tension you may be under. The more you laugh, the better you will deal with work, and the less burned out you'll be. Many people aren't aware that stress related hormones are suppressed by laughter -- so now you know what you have to do more of.

Beat Job Burnout - Part 1 of 2
By Shelly Field, Monster.com

To answer that question, it helps to know what job burnout is. On the simplest level, it’s when you feel mentally and physically drained for more than a few days with no hopes of improvement. You feel overwhelmed and wonder why you're doing what you're doing. Nothing makes any sense.

Member Profile - Jane Meier
HIGHLAND HEIGHTS -- It's the middle of August, just a few weeks away from the beginning of the fall sports season, and Northern Kentucky University athletic director Jane Meier steps out of her office in the Albright Health Center and runs into some members of the women's cross country team. She immediately strikes up a short conversation with the athletes before she continues to the gym, where the Norse volleyball team is in full practice mode. As she crosses the gym, she watches the team with great interest.

Equity in Coaching Declining as More Men Coach Women
University Park, Pa. – Female athletes are half as likely to have female coaches today than they were before enactment of Title IX in 1972, even though there are 10 times more female athletes to feed the pipeline to coaching, according to a Penn State study.

Benching Title IX
Education agency bootleg threatens women's sports

Before the enactment of the federal law known as Title IX in 1972, fewer than 32,000 women participated in college sports. Today, the number is 150,000. Female participation in high school athletics has increased from fewer than 300,000 before Title IX to 2.8 million.
For the full article, go to: http://www.arktimes.com/Articles/ArticleViewer.aspx?ArticleID=5f4e9c51-5cb7-47e1-b23a-0851fe1ff281

Armchair Recruiters Move Online
By Brian Christopherson

As if high-school-football stars don't already face enough pressure when deciding which college to attend, now they're getting unsolicited advice from yet another source -- amateur recruiters operating online. A number of coveted prospects say they've received phone calls and e-mail messages from fans who haunt Web sites that list the players their favorite teams are recruiting.
Amateur recruiting has become so rampant -- and so unpopular with athletics directors -- that coaches from the Big Ten Conference discussed ways to slow the trend at their latest round of annual meetings. (Lincoln Journal Star)
For full article, go to: http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2005/08/15/huskerextra/doc42fec4e19d028306696856.txt

TV Coverage of Women's Sports Declines
By Patrick Escobar, Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles, July 20, 2005

They’ve made waves in the water. They’ve ripped out grass on the fields and churned up dust on the road. But in the last five years, the television coverage of women’s sports has declined.  With young girls learning the ropes and experienced athletes paving the way, women playing sports has increased - but the media is not responding. Read on to learn the figures and view the report on this alarming issue. For full article, go to http://www.aafla.org/10ap/NewsRelease07202005_frmst.htm 

NCAA Approves Changes in Academic Policies
By Doug Lederman, Inside Higher Education, August 8, 2005

The NCAA’s crackdown on Native American images and icons dominated the headlines, but the association’s governing bodies announced several other significant policy decisions last Friday. The full article can be accessed at http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2005/08/08/ncaa

Give Us Your Tired, Your Weary, Your Athletes Yearning to Matriculate
By College Athletics Clips, August, 2005

In the vernacular of team sports, using a ringer is a highly charged activity. It is totally abhorrent when the other guy beats you by using ringers but it’s okay when one’s own team gets a little help from the outside. For the full article, go to http://www.collegeathleticsclips.com/article/282/give-us-your-tired-your-weary-your-athletes-yearning-to-matriculate?PHPSESSID=d388553cab74f3a7859dfa3a4ed49d8f

Stanford U. Researchers Develop a Tool to Help Prevent Theft of Passwords
By Vincent Kiernan, Chronicle of Higher Education, August 2, 2005

Researchers at Stanford University have developed an add-on for Web browsers that they say could drastically reduce the risk of passwords’ being intercepted by hackers. The program, called PwdHash, runs along with a traditional Web browser. When a user types a password into a Web page -- whether to establish an account or, later, to gain access to that account -- PwdHash encrypts the typed password before sending it on to the Web site. For the complete article, go online to http://chronicle.com/temp/email.php?id=o12ulmwbsmfkqe0to7m9mttxmhwjrhpq

Antitrust Case Puts NCAA on Defense
By Mark Alesia, Indianapolis Star, July 31, 2005

The NCAA was in court Monday, August 1, for the start of an antitrust trial that strikes at the heart of one of the nation's most popular sporting events, the Division I men's basketball tournament. Worst-case scenario for the NCAA: The case could deal a major blow to the Indianapolis-based organization. The full article can be accessed at http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2005507310500

Student-Athletes Are Members for Life
By Luciana Chavez, News Observer, August 3, 2005

After the July release of a University of Kansas report detailing possible NCAA violations in football, women's basketball and men's basketball -- including possible secondary infractions under then-men's coach Roy Williams -- Williams made a point that was relevant both to his situation and to NCAA athletes past, present and future. Williams, now the men's basketball coach at North Carolina, said in a release the day after the report was published that he didn't know "the rule that ‘once you are a student-athlete, you are a student-athlete until death.' " For the full article, go to http://www.newsobserver.com/sports/story/2654165p-9090767c.html 

Aztecs Can't Use Sponsor's Products
By Brent Schrotenboer, Union-Tribune, July 23, 2005

San Diego State recently acquired dietary supplements considered impermissible by the NCAA, just a month after the college sports governing body issued a warning to schools that distribution of such products to athletes would be considered a rules violation. Supplements containing amino acids are considered by the NCAA to be “performance-enhancing.” “Anything that is an amino acid blend is impermissible,” said Mary Wilfert, the NCAA’s assistant director of education outreach.

Star-Crossed
By Brad Wolverton, Chronicle of Higher Education, July 29, 2005

Basketball coaches have mixed views on a new NBA rule that could send more top players to college, but probably for only one year. The new NBA rule requires athletes to wait a year after they graduate from high school, and until they turn 19, to enter the professional draft. That means talented high-school players must now decide whether to spend a year or more in college, at a college preparatory school, in the NBA's developmental league, or at a sports academy.

NCAA Plan to Increase Scholarships in Women's Sports is Jeopardized by Opposition of Some Colleges
By Brad Wolverton

A controversial rule passed this spring by the National Collegiate Athletic Association promises more scholarships for female athletes, but now the measure is in jeopardy after more than 100 Division I colleges voted to override it.

Work-Life Balanced
For the Good of Your Health

Most of us strive to do the best possible job we can at work. Our sense of accomplishment is tied into how well we perform and how much we contribute to our workplaces. But, sometimes, things get in the way. Like life.

Ethics or Arrogance
By Michael Josephson

Last week, Judith Miller, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist,  went to jail for refusing to reveal the identity of a news source, while another reporter for Time magazine, Matthew Cooper, escaped a similar fate when his source called him at the last minute to release him from his pledge.

Member Profile - Mary McElroy
ATLANTA -- Mary McElroy said she was not surprised that her first question when introduced Thursday as Georgia State's new director of intercollegiate athletics was about football -- even though the Panthers don't have a football program.


College Leaders in NCAA's Division II Discuss Ways to Build Revenue and Halt Exodus Comes Here
By Brad Wolverton, Chronicle of Higher Education, June 27, 2005
Seeking to stop the exodus of colleges and universities from Division II athletics, chancellors and presidents from more than 150 Division II institutions gathered here over the weekend to discuss new revenue opportunities and ways to get more exposure for their neglected athletics programs.


Coaches Strike Could Doom Season
Excerpt by Bill Sulon, The Patriot News, June 19, 2005
A threatened strike by coaches of the 14 state-run universities could shut down an entire athletic conference and leave 8,400 athletes sidelined, starting with the fall sports season.

Gender Quotas? Not in College Sports
By Welch Suggs, Chronicle of Higher Education, July 1, 2005
The latest numbers show that while women's teams are making progress in terms of equity, men's teams aren't feeling much pain. If colleges are trying to comply with Title IX by dropping male athletes, they are not doing a particularly good job of it.

The $500 you chipped in to buy football jerseys may have caused more headaches than cheer. As donors stipulate where their money should go, athletic directors grapple with factoring in Title IX guidelines and ensuring each sport gets its fair share of the pie.



Sports and Their Influence, Even in Iraq
Email from James Wilson, volunteer coach at UT-San Antonio, called back to active duty with the Marines

"I tell you what after seeing the people here I realize how good it is at home. Most aren’t educated at all and very few ever have a chance to leave their village and achieve anything.

House Democrats Urge the Bush Administration to Rescind New Guideline on Title IX Compliance
By Jamie Schuman, Chronicle of Higher Education, June 23, 2005

Washington--More than 140 Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives sent a letter to President Bush on Wednesday, urging him to withdraw a clarification to Title IX that allows universities to use the results of a single e-mail survey to measure the demand for women's sports and demonstrate compliance with the law, which bans sex discrimination at institutions receiving federal funds.

NCAA Panel to Examine Path of College Sports
By Mark Alesia, Indianapolis Star, June 13, 2005

The chairman of a committee of school presidents looking at the future of college sports ended the group's first meeting last Friday by pledging to seek input from numerous sources, although at least one doesn't appear to be welcome.



College Sports Book
College Athletics Clips, June 8, 2005

From Memphis comes an excellent review of college sports books from Michael Nelson, Rhodes political science professor and baseball associate. This compendium of college sports books is highly enjoyable and enlightening in all its insight, eloquence and comprehensiveness. This information was included in the Chronicle of Higher Education, June 10, 2005, issue.

Court Rejects Men's Sports Challenge to Title IX
June 6, 2005, AP

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court refused Monday to consider reinstating a lawsuit that accuses federal officials of discriminating against male athletes in enforcing equal opportunities for women.

Bills in Congress Could Lead to Federal Role in Testing College Athletes for Drugs
By Welch Suggs, Chronicle of Higher Education, May 31, 2005

College athletes have been noticeably absent from Congressional debates over performance-enhancing drugs. New legislation pending in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, however, could trigger government oversight of drug testing in college sports.


Member Profile: Dawn Rogers
A little more than one year ago, Dawn Rogers inherited a job she had long coveted, the athletic director's position at Xavier. The year has brought change, tough calls and disappointment.

When she replaced former Xavier athletic director Mike Bobinski on May 21, 2004, she became the 29th female athletic director at a Division I school and the first at Xavier. It was a natural progression for Rogers as she had served as XU's associate athletic director for six years. But there was no time to enjoy the moment.


Member Profile: Carol Dunn, Athletics Director, CSULA
Cal State L.A. Athletic Director Carol M. Dunn Retires

LOS ANGELES – Cal State L.A. director of intercollegiate athletics Carol M. Dunn today announced her retirement after 17 years at the helm of the Golden Eagles and 24 years as a coach or administrator at CSULA, effective December 31, 2005. "It has been a pleasure to work with Carol for the last 24 years," said Cal State L.A. President Dr. James M. Rosser. "She has made invaluable contributions to the program, to our student-athletes and to the University."

Member Profile: Amy Dean

Ohio University President Roderick McDavis has appointed Amy Dean as the interim director of athletics, effective June 16. She will serve in the position until a permanent director of athletics is named to replace Thomas Boeh, who announced on Friday, May 13, that he has accepted the position of athletic director at California State University, Fresno.


Creating a D-I Program from Scratch
By Ryan Lucchesi, The California Aggie, May 16, 2005

Adding an intercollegiate sport to UC Davis' athletic department took student interest, multiple levels of approval and a little bit of luck. It also took almost two years. But these are just a few of the dynamics that went into adding women's golf as the 26th ICA sport at UCD.

Eligibility of Foreign Players Creates Controversy
By Ted Hutton, Sun Sentinel.com, May 19, 2005

"The controversy among coaches is not about allowing foreign players. It is if they are eligible and if they are pros or not pros," said David Benjamin, executive director of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association. Fueling the controversy is that eligibility is determined by individual schools, a situation that coaches say would not be allowed if it happened in higher-profile sports such as football or basketball.

Brand Keynote at WLS Promotes Hiring Women in Leadership Positions
Excerpt from Yahoo News, May 9, 2005

Over 145 people participated in a very successful Women’s Leadership Symposium in Intercollegiate Athletics in Indianapolis, IN, May 16-17. Myles Brand’s keynote entitled "The Next Step" sparked hope and direction.

Daktronics to Provide the University of Georgia with Campus-Wide Scoring, Display and Sound Systems
Excerpt from Yahoo News, May 9, 2005

Daktronics, Inc. announced Monday that it has been chosen by the University of Georgia to design, build and install scoring, display and sound systems at athletic venues on the campus in Athens. Daktronics will provide new systems for the football, basketball, baseball, softball, soccer, volleyball, and tennis facilities, using the latest in programmable, light emitting diode (LED) technology. The Company will also provide integrated sound systems through its Sportsound® division at the football, basketball, baseball, and soccer venues.


Aggressive Therapies Shown to Cure Breast Cancer
By Rob Stein, Washington Post, May 13, 2005

Chemotherapy and hormone treatment have dramatically reduced the death rate from early breast cancer, according to a major international analysis that indicates the often arduous regimens do cure many women. The latest data from an extensive ongoing project involving 145,000 women with early breast cancer found that chemotherapy and hormone treatment continue to protect many women from dying from the disease for at least 15 years. The protection often gets stronger over time, increasing the likelihood that the therapy is truly eradicating cancer from their bodies.

Member Profile: Dee Todd

On May 4, 2005, DeLores "Dee" Todd made a significant mark in the history of North Carolina A&T Athletics by being named the first female athletics director at the University. Todd's background includes many first and many groundbreaking achievements.


Report: The Physical Capital Stock Used in Collegiate Athletics
Excerpt from College Athletics Clips, May 1, 2005

The headline of a study commissioned by the NCAA is that capital costs make up a significant portion of the money spent to run intercollegiate athletics programs, but total athletics spending remains a relatively small share of total institutional spending. The study’s co-authors are Jonathan Orszag, Managing Director of Competition Policy Associates, and Peter Orszag, a Director at Competition Policy Associates.

Southern Utah University Honors Pioneer for Women's Sports
By Martin Renzhofer, The Salt Lake Tribune

Incomprehensible is what Kathryn Berg calls the tribute Southern Utah University plans for her Friday. "Things like that don’t happen to people like me," she said from her home in Cedar City. "I've been just a ditch-digger type, someone behind the scenes." Berg then admitted, "I did kind of shake things up a little.


Tall Tales of Jacking Up in the PAC Northwest
Excerpt from College Athletics Clips, April 25, 2005

From the PAC northwest come stinging allegations of widespread steroid use from an ex-BYU football player. Jason Scukanec, 26, an All-Mountain West Conference center as a BYU senior in 2001, says anabolic steroids are frequently used by D1 football players. Now a sports talk-show host on 1080 AM The Fan in Portland, Ore., Scukanec said, "I would bet my house you could find at least five guys on every Division I team in the country (using steroids)."



Save Title IX/Rescind Subversive Rule Change
Editorial from MInneapolish Star Tribune, May 3, 2005

Once again, Bush administration officials are trying to undermine an equality-oriented policy that took years to build. Last month, the U.S. Department of Education quietly slipped "modified" Title IX sports guidelines onto its website. Under the new provisions, colleges and universities can comply by simply asking female students about their interest in sports through an e-mail survey.

Member Profile: Lisa Love

Lisa Love, a former volleyball coach who climbed through the administrative ranks at the University of Southern California, was named Athletics Director at Arizona State this past Saturday. For the complete article, go online at http://arizonastate.scout.com/2/373209.html .


Gender #'s Not Adding Up at the University of Iowa
From College Athletics Clips, April 27, 2005

From the Hawkeye state comes word of a long overdue reconciliation of gender equity in the UI intercollegiate athletics program. An internal report by UI's Athletics Merger Review Committee (the men's and women's programs were merged in 2000) has drawn on EADA data to conclude that, "The University of Iowa (has) the greatest disparity of the Big Ten Conference schools in athletics participation by each gender as compared with that gender's portion of the student body."

NCAA Leadership Groups Urge Department of Education to Rescind Additional Clarification for Title IX and Maintain 1996 Clarification
NCAA News Release, Gail Dent, April 28, 2005

The NCAA Executive Committee, on behalf of its member colleges and universities, passed a resolution urging the U.S. Department of Education and federal policymakers to rescind its March 17, 2005 Additional Clarification for Title IX, and instead honor the Department's 2003 commitment to strongly enforce the standards of long-standing Title IX athletics policies, including the 1996 Clarification.  The Committee also urged NCAA members to decline use of the procedures set forth in the March 17, 2005, Additional Clarification. 

The Scholarship Case
Excerpt from College Athletics Clips, April 20, 2005

From all across our land come stories of parents, coaches, consultants, advisors and trainers who have made it their passion, their vocation, their avocation to develop their little charge into a young man / woman worthy of winning that awe-inspiring full athletic scholarship.


Congress Is Urged to Re-Examine What Types of Groups Deserve Tax-Exempt Status
Excerpt from Article by Harvey Lipman, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, April 21, 2005

"Congress should conduct a wide-ranging evaluation of laws governing tax-exempt organizations with an eye toward more clearly defining whether colleges and other groups deserve special treatment from the federal government," several legal experts told a hearing of the U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday.

Knowing When a Decision Is Important
By Michael Josephson

Aby isn't sure what she wants to wear, but she has to choose quickly or be late for school. Ben is afraid of losing his athletic eligibility and is thinking of cheating on an exam. Cassie is urged by a friend to try the drug ecstasy. Danielle is thinking about lying to her mom so she can go to a party. Enrico is dared by his buddies to take advantage of a drunken girl. Gwen is thinking about having sex so she won't lose her boyfriend.



The Problem Behind the Problem: Minorities Absent from Career Track
Excerpt from College Athletic Clips, April 5, 2005

Conspicuous in their absence, minorities and women continue to be under-represented in D1 athletic administration and coaching positions. Worse, the career track leading to top administrative and coaching positions is not populated with enough minorities and women to lead to meaningful improvements.



Staying Alert with Title IX Issues & Events
By Sally Jenkins, Indianapolis, April 2, 2005

If a university had catered solely to my "interests" as an 18-year-old undergraduate, the entire campus would have been converted into a giant bar offering cheap beer and free pool. My only textbook would have been Stephen King's "The Stand," and dining hall cuisine would have consisted of Nacho Cheese Doritos. Mercifully, the university offered something more.