((HT: MyFoxAtlanta))
The National Women's Law Center has filed complaints against 12 school districts around the country, including Henry County ((GA)) Schools, alleging they are violating Title IX law by failing to offer equal opportunities for female athletes.
The group says in Henry County Schools, specifically, there is a 12.5 percent gap ((one to eight ratio)) between the percentage of girls enrolled and the girls who are athletes.
According to the NWLC, that translates to 430 fewer opportunities for girls to play sports than boys in this particular instance. In an article by FOSG and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Michael Carvell, the NWLC claims those numbers grew worse between 2004 and 2006.
FOSG Ken Rodriguez caught up with a legendary Georgia high school wrestling coach, Cliff Ramos, and Georgia Tech women's hoops head coach Machelle Joseph to ask if they think Title IX is working...
The full list is: Chicago; Clark County, Nev.; Columbus, Ohio ((WBNS-TV's story is here)); Deer Valley, Ariz.; Henry County, Ga.; Houston; Irvine, Calif.; New York City; Oldham County, Ky.; Sioux Falls, S.D.; Wake County, N.C.; and Worcester, Mass.
The Houston report is here, thanks to our friends at MyFoxHouston/Fox26...
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Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Houston HS Hoops Hearing Hell For 135 Point Win
((HT: KHOU-TV))
Yates High School in Houston set a state record for scoring 170 points in a game back on Tuesday. The issue at hand is that the team they played only scored 35.
It wasn't like one of those Loyola Marymount games from the '90s...
It was one-sided, beyond one-sided, and now the school and the Houston Independent School District is catching an inordinate amount of hell over it...
Where's the sportsmanship...? Why didn't you call off the dogs and put in your scrubs...??? All that stuff...
"I feel very disrespected right now," Houston-Lee coach Jacques Armant told the Houston Chronicle. "I don't understand why Yates just kept scoring and pressing when they were up so much. These are kids. It isn't good to do that to other young men."
KHOU-TV's Matt Musil talked to the Yates folks...
Yates High's perspective is like this: They're ranked number two in the country. They've scored over 100 points eight times this year, and they want to be national champs. What message are they teaching their kids about winning "their way" if they dial it back...??? The head coach said they're not "scoring on teams out of disrespect."
That's their style...
ABC 13 in Houston was actually at the game... part of the fallout was the fight early in the third quarter with Yates up 102-12...
Christine Dobbyn got scrambled over to the gym on game night...
((HT: KTRK-TV))
Jenny Dial of the Houston Chronicle asked about the mercy rule being in play, but both coaches shook it off on that night...
So, is it bad sportsmanship...??? Or is it just the game...???
Let us know what you think...
Those of us at the HQ think it's somewhere in that gray area in the middle...
Yates High School in Houston set a state record for scoring 170 points in a game back on Tuesday. The issue at hand is that the team they played only scored 35.
It wasn't like one of those Loyola Marymount games from the '90s...
It was one-sided, beyond one-sided, and now the school and the Houston Independent School District is catching an inordinate amount of hell over it...
Where's the sportsmanship...? Why didn't you call off the dogs and put in your scrubs...??? All that stuff...
"I feel very disrespected right now," Houston-Lee coach Jacques Armant told the Houston Chronicle. "I don't understand why Yates just kept scoring and pressing when they were up so much. These are kids. It isn't good to do that to other young men."
KHOU-TV's Matt Musil talked to the Yates folks...
Yates High's perspective is like this: They're ranked number two in the country. They've scored over 100 points eight times this year, and they want to be national champs. What message are they teaching their kids about winning "their way" if they dial it back...??? The head coach said they're not "scoring on teams out of disrespect."
That's their style...
ABC 13 in Houston was actually at the game... part of the fallout was the fight early in the third quarter with Yates up 102-12...
Christine Dobbyn got scrambled over to the gym on game night...
((HT: KTRK-TV))
Jenny Dial of the Houston Chronicle asked about the mercy rule being in play, but both coaches shook it off on that night...
So, is it bad sportsmanship...??? Or is it just the game...???
Let us know what you think...
Those of us at the HQ think it's somewhere in that gray area in the middle...
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