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December 12th, 2008

NCAA President Doesn’t Want You To Talk About Title IX

Eric Pearson over at Inside Higher Ed has a story on Myles Brand, president of the NCAA, trying to preemptively squelch criticism of Title IX. Universities will probably be cutting some men’s teams in coming years, and Brand wants you to know that it’s because of the economic downturn, not Title IX, so just shut about it, okay? From the article:

On November 21, Brand told USA Today, “My expectation is that over the next year or two we are going to see more cuts of men’s teams and so I am trying, frankly, to pre-empt the argument against Title IX … and dissuade universities from going public with this approach.”

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By CJ Ciaramella
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