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Every two years for decades, since 1977, two Brooklyn College professors have been documenting the ongoing problem of a sports gender gap with their publication of "Women in Intercollegiate Sport."
Now Acosta and Carpenter say they don't know how much longer they will produce the study, on which they spend many months a year collecting data.
"Thirty-five years is an extremely long time in the life of a longitudinal study," Carpenter said. "The next time we would be gathering data would be a year from now and neither one of us is thinking of it at this point."
For 25 years the study was funded by Brooklyn College. Ten years ago the Project on Women and Social Change at Smith College in Northampton, Mass., took over the financing.
The study is available online at no cost and with the help of the Internet, it has provided a basic reference for congressional and federal hearings and has helped create curriculum for graduate programs, Carpenter said. The NCAA also consults it.
Read the full story at http://womensenews.org/story/athleticssports/120903/sports-researchers-detail-uneven-playing-fieldEvery two years for decades, since 1977, two Brooklyn College professors have been... more
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Wendy Murphy offered The National Collegiate Athletic Association a policy for sexual assault/harassment two years ago on behalf of the National Coalition Against Violent Athletes. They turned it down, but the sanctions levied post Penn State finally got the ball rolling.
The National Collegiate Athletic Association's recent sanctions against Penn State don't fit the crime given how much harm was done to so many victims. The systematic abuse of children should have caused long-term intense pain for a university that knowingly allowed Jerry Sandusky to use Penn State as a virtual torture chamber.
Some assumed and feared that Emmert's get-tough approach with Penn State was a flash-in-the pan. But the NCAA signaled otherwise two weeks ago with yet another announcement that the Division 1 board of directors had crafted bold new rules--no details available yet--to better address misconduct.
Some say sexual misconduct, even by athletes, isn't the NCAA's responsibility because the organization is only supposed to address sports-related issues. But the NCAA requires member schools to comply with standards of fair play, sportsmanship and good character. Criminal conduct is clearly inconsistent with any of that.
Read the full story at http://womensenews.org/story/sexual-harassment/120827/penn-state-sanctions-too-little-good-startWendy Murphy offered The National Collegiate Athletic Association a policy for sexual... more
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Fan dies trying to catch a foul ball that was tossed to him by Josh Hamilton of the Texas Rangers. R.I.P. strange how death just happens when you least expect it I suppose... very sad.
ARLINGTON, Texas - A fan died after taking a head-first fall out of the outfield stands during Thursday night’s game between the Rangers and the Athletics.Fan dies trying to catch a foul ball that was tossed to him by Josh Hamilton of the... more
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The Sochi Olympics of 2014 will be the 150th commemorative year of the Circassian Genocide. Choosing Sochi as the site of the Winter Olympics, in such an auspicious year for the Russians, represents the perpetual celebration of Imperial Russia’s oppression and systematic murder of the Circassian People. Building the Olympic Village over the mass graves of the victims symbolizes the virtual erasing of this atrocity!
http://www.spectacle.co.uk/spectacleblog/olympics-2012/14-reasons-for-opposing-the-sochi-2014-olympics/The Sochi Olympics of 2014 will be the 150th commemorative year of the Circassian... more
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The Olympic Games literally and symbolically ‘take place’ in major cities. They represent the mega-event par excellence which not only physically transforms areas of cities beyond recognition but also shifts the urban place imaginary. City growth coalitions eagerly bid against other cities to win this world-class spectacle primarily for the boost it is supposed to impart to the local politics of urban regeneration. Researchers and activists over the last thirty years have highlighted how such grandiose visions and accelerated development projects produce spectacular but also highly inequitable outcomes for urban citizens. As with other neo-liberal regeneration programmes, the vital question of ‘who really benefits?’ is highly pertinent. However, many of the texts which researchers have produced are not well known or well understood outside the various academic specialisms within which they circulate. We are setting up a reading group open to students, academics, activists and other individuals interested in exploring the social, economic and political processes of these spectacular urban mega-events from critical perspectives.
http://www.spectacle.co.uk/spectacleblog/uncategorized/olympic-city-critiques-a-birkbeck-reading-group/The Olympic Games literally and symbolically ‘take place’ in major cities.... more
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The Welfare-to-Work Programme has been described as “set to fail” by Sir Robin Wales, Mayor of Newham – the host borough for the 2012 London Olympics. In a fortnight, the winners of contracts are due to be announced, putting the unemployed and people on disability benefits back to work. However, Sir Robin believes that there is “a serious risk that some of the best prime providers may walk away”. Out of 11 bidders for the East and South London contract, 3 will be appointed in order to provide competition. Sir Robin said that he is yet to be convinced that ‘three prime contractors each delivering across 17 boroughs will do anything other than lead to confusion amongst job seekers and contractors’.
http://www.spectacle.co.uk/spectacleblog/olympics-2012/financial-times-reveal-welfare-to-work-programme-chaos/The Welfare-to-Work Programme has been described as “set to fail” by Sir... more
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After London was announced as the host of the 2012 Olympic Games, Labour made a number of promises about using the Olympics as a way of inspiring people to be more healthy and get involved with sport and exercise. They planned to get a million more people playing sport three or more times a week and to get a million more people doing more general physical activity. Whether it is actually possible for mega events such as the Olympics to have this kind of impact is something which has been contested by a number of studies.
http://www.spectacle.co.uk/spectacleblog/olympics-2012/olympics-could-have-negative-effects-on-sports-participation/After London was announced as the host of the 2012 Olympic Games, Labour made a number... more
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Director of Player Personnel Billy Owens has been with the A’s organization for 13 seasons. He played seven seasons of Minor League Baseball in the Orioles’ and Astros’ systems before joining Oakland’sDirector of Player Personnel Billy Owens has been with the A’s organization for... more
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The signs of regeneration are all over Delhi. Billboards proclaim ‘DELHICIOUSLY YOURS’ throughout the city, and it is. The pace of work completed between June and now are staggering – the air-conditioned metro, Delhi’s prize feature, works efficiently; lights decorate various hubs of tourist activity and promote a warm, festive atmosphere; and customs takes only ten minutes to get through, as opposed the the previous hour. These are the positive aspects of regeneration and they indicate how far India can go and how much could have been achieved minus the corruption scandals and the delays.
Walk a few metres away from all of this, however, and you are confronted again with real Delhi – unpaved streets, buildings fallen into disrepair and open sewers perfuming the air. There is no sign, however, of the customary wallahs – the newspapers are full of tales of people returning to collect suits from streetside tailors only to find they have been moved on; cigarette wallahs, barbers, fruit-sellers, as well as beggars and the homeless – all have mysteriously disappeared without trace or concern.
According to some Delhi residents affected by the migration, their maids and their families were simply told to ‘leave Delhi for twenty days’ – the duration of the Games and the days preceding and following. Those who did not comply willingly were forced; shacks burned up in inexplicable circumstances and not all dwellers were recompensed. It is an open secret in Delhi that many of the poor were herded to a large slum outside the city, but it has been made extremely difficult for activists and media workers to photograph or document it, and those living there who have tried to fight back have been effectively dissuaded.
Regeneration is a game, of course, even if its prizes do not glide by neatly on a conveyor belt, and so it follows that not everybody wins.
http://www.spectacle.co.uk/spectacleblog/olympics-2012/the-regeneration-game/The signs of regeneration are all over Delhi. Billboards proclaim ‘DELHICIOUSLY... more
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