4167 1219378700 NAGWS' 2007 Guiding Women Sport honoree Christine Brennan, also ABC News ESPN commentator, be adding insights blog Beijing Olympics. find links blog Olympic work www.christinebrennan.com Check Brennan's commentaries reports important sports event year. 4197 1221583975 · Review National Standards Sport Coaches National Standards Sport Coaches start new year school university. · Host Backyards Gathering encourage colleagues, parents, students, community host learn about advocate issues promote education, advocacy, implementation, vigilance surrounding social justice issues relevant girls women sport. · school year great time start planning National Girls Women Sports Day, be held February , 2009. Community Action Kit be available September 1st. Check NGWSD web site information. · October , 2008 application deadline Mary Jennings Sport Camp Scholarship Fund! · haven't already, check NAGWS's newest publications, including Title IX@35, Women Leaders Sport: Impact Influence, 100 Fantabulous Firsts Women's Sports. 5302 1265290971 Title IX established 1972 law states all persons receive equal opportunity participate federally funded activities. underlining message, states all men women receive equal opportunities. think Title IX helped hindered individuals' ability participate receive equal opportunities? (Message edited deanaw February 04, 2010) 5306 1265308126 played HS little cheerleader girls. Colleges south women's sports. , think huge difference giving women access higher ed. sports. think be completely equal? sport FB pays way be benchmark sports. college varsity teams men women sports pay way be included, actually include Tennessee women's basketball sure . sense. guess Im saying STATE paying be equal/ 5429 1266518739 wonderful idea creating sports opportunities womens lives great achievement be women's sports mens. 's going be equal keep equal men's wrestling slippery rock another women's sport be wrestling slippery rock. Women sports mens. needs be law, sports opportunities equal, keep way includes scholarship grant opportunities . happened slippery rock pleased ith Title IX law 5458 1266528283 woman participating collegiate sport thankful Title IX. hand see sports taken away university, majority mens sports. don't believe fair. want women equal right opportunity play sports collegiate level, don't feel male counterparts sports suffer. 5634 1266946009 high school, fortunate be selected female representative school Women Sports banquet held New Jersey, meant lot . nice be noticed hard work athlete. Also, Slippery Rock, host Girls Women Sports Day, think important help young girls find place sports. think important sports almost way define . . thing people notice about athlete, characteristics gained athlete person today. 5656 1267026721 aging athlete say sports define think boys/men try hard define athletic accomplishments. old Springsteen song called Glory Days true. think sports help girls boys positive things lives bodies. better "hanging " playing video games. think lose kids middle school years, especially Fla, need structured sports coaching. applaud athlete attending Slippery Rock. Isn't supposed be best PE college? love sports games competition keep perspective kids obsess about winning losing. competing getting fit all win. Thanks posting. 5955 1286240699 think Womens Sports get amount coverage men sports? fixed? any womens sports think exciting mens game? 6078 1297040258 woman agree coverage scarce. don't find any women’s sports exciting men's. love football, hockey, MMA, boxing. speed games faster think people chose watch men women. Basketball fun watch men play guys get court...girls basketball boring compare. think way get better leagues created professionally, teams added WBA. 6079 1297264290 coach high school girls sports, soccer basketball small community, support male athletics far succeeds females. agree Heather, speed athletic events males better. lot obvious difference strength compared females, allowing be quicker physical. Males competitive edge compared females today. high school playing basketball about 14 years ago strong physical basketball team females just fans boys, just doesn't happen today. intensity, aggressiveness competitive drive males really people watch. be fixed? think challenging question really start team time.... sport time, take great deal time. 's sad think happens, . 't say really any sports exciting watch females males usually anything females , males better. 6089 1297649750 's hard weird time young women go puberty. emotions 't control, start showing concern look , . effective ways reduce girls/young women's social physique anxiety increase participation physical education sports? 6090 1297649996 agree Heather far speed game. find switching channels quicker 's women playing. also feel advertisement males represent product women. also effect coverage interest genders. 6206 1301586441 Alee, agree comment. doing research lot mens sports eliminated agree fair. hope day be another discussion making amount collegiate sports men women. 6213 1301848996 know 20-year study network cable USC & Purdue sociologists men took 96% sports news 2009. fact really question equal rights women media. think all know men's sports lot publicized women's. ? change? know women interested seeing highlights men's women's sports. thoughts? 6235 1302017820 work summer camp basketball guys girls camps, thing noticed girls camps fundamentally sound boys camps. curious don't work girls sports outside summer camp wondering girls taught be fundamentally sound average guy athletes be athletic sports don't rely fundamentals girls . any comments having idea ideas topic welcomed 6252 1302444067 girls participate sports higher self-esteem, socially, maintain good grades. Introducing sports lives young age puberty improve outlook sport participation , reduce social physique anxiety puberty sets . 6534 1317834115 agree women fundamentally sound sports men. sure , observed . example, played girls basketball growing realized girls game play focus things setting picks setting plays men ,especially youth high school levels. Men just get ball go women slow try set things . personally think women taught sport, 's just little different men's basketball. 6539 1317836476 admit women sports come long way women orginally involved, great. thing bothers women teams classified "women" sports. example, played basketball high school, didn't just play basketball, played "women's basketball". Girl's walking shirts hoodies say girls soccer, women's lacrosse, girls rugby, . don't understand need's be classified. Men don't normally walk apparel says men's basketball, mens baseball, boys soccer. Any opinions? 6555 1317909623 went high school girls volleyball team really good. , matter games won far playoffs school buy anything new . dire need new net new uniforms. school spending money , decide buy new things football team hadn't won single game past 64 games. feel school didn't want spend money girls team spend boys team. football horrible record school wanted all best equipment. any sense don't think right. type thing happen school happen girls teams schools ? 6581 1318356406 high school, girls basketball team went state tournament year. great bask long remember. , students support girls basketball, all go boys game just average team. woud get all dressed Halloween costumes cheer entire game. stands be empty boys brought fans schools area. just didnt think right. happen anyone ? 6644 1318797275 happened girl's volleyball team high school. pretty decent years get crowd. people show watch parents siblings. sad! , boy's volleyball team, lost game, brought cheering sections. be going watching high school football game crowd brought . honestly think 's unfair, people treat womens sports anymore. love figure change . 6659 1318872533 equality, think female athletes opportunity male counterparts benefit form elite level coaching? 6687 1318889060 coaching Ladies Gaelic Football years see reason female athletes shouldn't opportunity males level just elite spectrum. Sadly , case. experience females be getting opportunities males. 6694 1318892325 Football baseball considered men sports high schools. played baseball high school told play softball. , boys volleyball team. fair limit certain sports certain sex? 6709 1318898903 schools country require males females take physical education courses . students benefit sense find competetive enjoyable. hand feel uncomfortable participating activities opposite sex. heard high schools offer sex physical education courses. think be beneficial middle school high school aged students far comfortability physical education setting? 6732 1318904106 happen high school girls basketball team all years played . great record people stands be families players. crazy woman's sports don't get respect, support, fans guys teams. understood happen year after year game after game get team's nervous. just frustration got winning win change. sucked. 6736 1318941736 Thanks replying Gary, thanks honesty about experienced females be getting opportunities males. main area interests regards elite level coaching best coaches highest levels coaching awards go straight working male teams look female athletes teams? 6738 1318950596 Follow money. sports money attract best coaches. case colleges school best facilities salaries attracts better coaches. think case UCONN womens basketball outstanding coach (male) probably major men's program. im betting Tennessee lady fellas . 6808 1330705039 think comfortable, believe be able -ed physical education course. teaching children separating ok separate just good another. brings diversity factor need teach children okay work opposite sex. 6813 1330715460 see good reason separate genders anything alone physical education class. physical educators, job instruct students cognitive psychomotor domains, also affective domain. Physical education needs involve cooperation interaction all manners people, including gender. real world, people going deal gender comfortable , allow young people avoid social interaction gender any area life, believe negative impact rest lives. students problem encountering opposite sex, related physical education class , teachers duty help students resolve issues, ignore . send students world knowing unable ( small way) interact half population planet? keeping genders , teachers show students work play appropriately companionship. Sure students be comfortable class, shouldn't be teaching comfortable successful rest lives? 6838 1330976588 Kyle, old guy jr high thing mind ( friends ). coed ping pong about . elementary PE all coed. think depends age games play. think great compete favor having separate. kids really self conscience about bodies abilities middle school age. 6850 1331057943 believe sex physical education be beneficial way . , increase girl’s comfort. Males may competitive females may willing actually work- get "sweaty". Girls wouldn’t be embarrassed about look. also be effective teaching parts health education. health school taught practice physical education class, having divided be beneficial came time explain certain gender-based topics. 6859 1331095884 come strong ( apologize), see points . Middle school years be rough lot kids, certain health education subjects definitely be best separated, agree. guess school able separate genders couple years just separate classes days , wouldn't hurt... , main point just teachers (splitting classes ) put strong emphasis best interact physical education class, gender issues all, completely, go away after middle school years. 6863 1331154375 woman athlete hard find scholarships. pole vaulter guy pole vaulters team got scholarships. school? places look find scholarships just female athletes? 6864 1331154535 happens . school volleyball team playoffs states almost years row. needed new uniforms got , long . , football team, losing, get new equipment single year. guess just football team drew fans, volleyball team better team. 6992 1349298612 agree Rachel said about aggressiveness men's sports also about be fixed. Women's sports get attention men's sports fast-paced entertaining watch. be difficult fix natural thing, men be quicker intense women. Volleyball mainly women's sport think gets good amount coverage exciting entertaining watch. think volleyball gets coverage intense involves lot quick movement, 't say really any women's sports exciting watching men play due fact different level men play. 7025 1349810377 opinion PE classes all be -ed. 've gender-separated class anything felt uncomfortable guys girls. agree middle school really rough period kids important be confident members opposite sex. Girls don't want get sweaty phys ed class won't want participate segregated classroom soon period rejoin -ed academic classrooms. think students participate -ed setting develop social skills necessary interact all kinds people. 7100 1361459618 interesting teach middle school high school. class differences may gender oriented, usually competitive non-competitive terms differences. Gender may anything . come across non-competitive males competitive females, separate activities students competitive non-comptetitive positive result .