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TITLE IX CONSULTANCY

We've gathered here all the information we have found so far on the consultant used by OU to justify using Title IX to cut these sports. We are also gathering all the information we can find on Title IX consultants and their effects on intercollegiate athletics.

We believe that Title IX is being corrupted to justify cutting "minor" sports, Olympic sports that do not generate the kind of revenue that football and basketball do, and other sports opportunities for collegiate athletes. As this scenario unfolds, university athletic directors -- a disproportionate number of them former college football players with a bias towards the "revenue sports" -- demonstrate a woeful ignorance or lack of concern about the value of broad sports programs despite their educations in sports management.

As they destroy sports programs to reallocate money to favored "revenue sports," they are destroying intercollegiate sports in pursuit of the dollar.

As this profoundly wrong trend has gathered steam, apparently below the general public's radar, the broad range of sports in America available to youth of all physical capabilities and sports interests is being narrowed to the detriment of the physical and mental development of our youth.

The role models of dedicated amateurs in a broad range of sports are being replaced by a narrowly focused range of highly visible athletes in just a few sports that attract media coverage and the associated broadcasting and advertising fees.

Olympic sports and "minor sports" in America are suffering. This trend has become evident as America's performance in recent Olympics has declined. Declining American performance in future Olympics, we believe, will bear out our belief.

A limited few, sports consultants and Title IX consultants, are becoming enriched in the process at the expense of student athletes.

We believe this pursuit of the dollar by athletic directors, university presidents, and consultants is a corruption of what youth, high school, intercollegiate, and continuing athletic participation should be about - amateurism, love of the sport, and personal development.

OU's Title IX Consultant

Strong words from the College Sports Council about the Title IX consultant used by OU

Read the full article here

"Lamar Daniel [consultant used by OU] is presented to readers as an objective source when in fact he has long been a vocal advocate for compliance through proportionality. There are many people in college athletics who regard him as more single-handedly responsible for cuts in athletic teams and caps on rosters than anyone involved in Title IX. What’s worse, journalistically, is that Daniel has a direct financial stake not just in publicizing his dubious services but in creating legal anxiety at schools over enforcement."

Please go to our Title IX page for more on this consultant. His report to OU can be viewed at this link.

"CONSULTANT FAST BECOMING AD'S BEST FRIEND ON TITLE IX ISSUES"

Article on Title IX Consultant used by OU

From "Legal Issues in Collegiate Athletics" February 2004

Download pdf file and go to page 3

"There is no constitutional right to play anything," he says. "Young people are resilient. They'll get over it."

Recent quote by Lamar Daniel, the Title IX consultant hired by James Madison University. From www.SaveJMUSports.org website.

Lamar Daniel was the consultant hired to advise OU's administration on Title IX compliance. Read his report on OU here.

Lamar Daniel Speaks:

"There's no question in my mind that women are less interested in playing sports than men," says Lamar Daniel, a former investigator at the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights who conducted the very first Title IX investigation, back in 1978. Daniel went on to conduct over 20 reviews before retiring in 1995 to become a consultant. "But logically, in my experience, you can't prove that," he adds. "It's just not provable." In practice, Daniel says, this means schools must seek proportionality, either by adding women athletes, cutting or capping men's teams, or doing a little of both."

TITLE IX CONSULTANTS

From the Women's Sports Foundation.Org

Title IX - Title IX Consulting: The Foundation Position

Mon 14-Aug-2000

Title IX consultants should always be used in conjunction with a comprehensive Title IX self-assessment by the educational institution.

1) Title IX regulations are extremely broad and complex and individual athletic program practices too varied for any consultant to have a grasp of all athletic program practices in a school without the assistance of a comprehensive self-assessment.
The most knowledgeable people about the conduct of the athletic program are the coaches, athletes, parents, and administrators involved in that program. Self-assessment followed by a review of results by those served by the program and coaches and administrators responsible for the conduct of the program is preferred.

2) Random sampling by Title IX consultants has a very high margin of error and should not be the methodology of choice.

3) There have been numerous occasions when the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) has done an "outsiders" review of athletic programs and pronounced institutions in compliance with the law, only to have successful litigation deem these reviews unacceptable.

4) Positive Potential Impact of Broad Employee and Constituent Involvement
However, when a self-assessment review makes recommendations regarding solving problems, those participating in the self-assessment are vested in being part of the solution rather than seeing themselves as not having been entrusted with an important role in the process.

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2006 Women's Lacrosse Team

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LaxPower.com message board discussion on OU LAX

Women's Lacrosse web page at OU website

Swimming and Diving

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Save Ohio Swimming

Swimming and Diving web page at OU website

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TITLE IX CONSULTANCY

We've gathered here all the information we have found so far on the consultant used by OU to justify using Title IX to cut these sports. We are also gathering all the information we can find on Title IX consultants and their effects on intercollegiate athletics.

As they destroy sports programs to reallocate money to favored "revenue sports," they are destroying intercollegiate sports in pursuit of the dollar.

As this profoundly wrong trend has gathered steam, apparently below the general public's radar, the broad range of sports in America available to youth of all physical capabilities and sports interests is being narrowed to the detriment of the physical and mental development of our youth.

The role models of dedicated amateurs in a broad range of sports are being replaced by a narrowly focused range of highly visible athletes in just a few sports that attract media coverage and the associated broadcasting and advertising fees.

Olympic sports and "minor sports" in America are suffering. This trend has become evident as America's performance in recent Olympics has declined. Declining American performance in future Olympics, we believe, will bear out our belief.

A limited few, sports consultants and Title IX consultants, are becoming enriched in the process at the expense of student athletes.

We believe this pursuit of the dollar by athletic directors, university presidents, and consultants is a corruption of what youth, high school, intercollegiate, and continuing athletic participation should be about - amateurism, love of the sport, and personal development.

OU's Title IX Consultant

Please go to our Title IX page for more on this consultant. His report to OU can be viewed at this link.

"CONSULTANT FAST BECOMING AD'S BEST FRIEND ON TITLE IX ISSUES"

Article on Title IX Consultant used by OU

From "Legal Issues in Collegiate Athletics" February 2004

"There is no constitutional right to play anything," he says. "Young people are resilient. They'll get over it."

Recent quote by Lamar Daniel, the Title IX consultant hired by James Madison University. From www.SaveJMUSports.org website.

Lamar Daniel was the consultant hired to advise OU's administration on Title IX compliance. Read his report on OU here.

Lamar Daniel Speaks:

TITLE IX CONSULTANTS

Title IX - Title IX Consulting: The Foundation Position

Mon 14-Aug-2000

Title IX consultants should always be used in conjunction with a comprehensive Title IX self-assessment by the educational institution.

DROPPED TEAMS

2006 Women's Lacrosse Team

Swimming and Diving

and

Track and Field

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