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Tattoos, Tickets And Other Tawdry Behavior: How Universities Use Federal Law To Hide Their Scandals, Meg Penrose
Tattoos, Tickets And Other Tawdry Behavior: How Universities Use Federal Law To Hide Their Scandals, Meg Penrose
Meg Penrose
Please find attached a copy of my recently completed article entitled Tattoos, Tickets and Other Tawdry Behavior: How Universities Use Federal Law to Hide Their Scandals. The article challenges the manner in which schools and their athletic departments invert a federal student privacy law, FERPA, to protect unseemly behavior and athletic scandals. Four case studies are presented: the University of Maryland and one athlete's accumulation of over $8,200 in parking fines; North Carolina University's athletic department scandal involving parking tickets and improper benefits (for which, just yesterday, the head football coach was fired and the Athletic Director resigned); Florida State …
Actual Notice And Deliberate Indifference: The Impact Of Mansourian V. Regents Of The University Of California On Title Ix, Mitchell J. Kim
Actual Notice And Deliberate Indifference: The Impact Of Mansourian V. Regents Of The University Of California On Title Ix, Mitchell J. Kim
Mitchell J Kim
The recent Ninth Circuit case of Mansourian v. Regents of the University of California held that individuals could file claims in court against schools for discriminating based on gender in violation of Title IX without first notifying the school of the alleged violation so that it might have an opportunity to rectify the violation. Specifically, the “notice and opportunity” requirement is not required in the context of intercollegiate athletics. The Court mistakenly equated “deliberate indifference” with “intentional action,” thereby relieving claimants of any responsibility to resolve the problems with the schools themselves. Due to the flexible standards for a school …
Gender Equity In College Athletics: Women Coaches As A Case Study, Deborah L. Rhode, Christopher J. Walker
Gender Equity In College Athletics: Women Coaches As A Case Study, Deborah L. Rhode, Christopher J. Walker
Christopher J. Walker
As Title IX celebrates its thirty-fifth anniversary, many have noted its enormous positive effect on women's sports. But an unintended and too-often neglected byproduct is that as opportunities for female students have increased, opportunities for female professionals have declined. This Article focuses on the barriers that still confront women in college athletics, particularly those who seek professional positions in coaching and administration. Part I presents a brief overview of Title IX, which makes clear its limitations in securing gender equity. Part II.A discusses the declining representation and lower success rate of women coaches, while Part II.B explores the areas of …