Women’s soccer is a passion of mine and while USA is my team, even I had to admit that at this year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup Spain was a dominant force. Their team was among the best, if not the best, that I had watched in my time as a fan. I spent the cup … Read more
I wanted to share this article, since we discussed the USA Gymnastics scandal and many didn’t know about it. Here’s the link: https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2018/01/31/entire-usa-gymnastics-board-resigns-usoc-larry-nassar-scandal/1082855001/ Take a look at how the accusations date so many years back and how the actions taken from within each institution were only to protect the institutions and none of the actions, although … Read more
I have decided to attach two articles because they each speak on different problems that are relevant to this specific problem. When I first learned about Larry Nassar, I was watching a video of Judge Rosemarie Aquilina sentencing him to 175 years. Without context to go with the video, I read a comment about the … Read more
See this critique that compares how slow-moving justice has been for our female athletes, in contrast to the Penn State case. Susan Pearce
The University of California at Berkeley could fail to meet the Title IX standards after it eliminated five varsity teams last fall, because of state aid cuts. The university dropped women’s lacrosse and gymnastics. In order for the university to meet the standards they will have to add 50 spots for women in existing athletic … Read more