Double Fault: Tennis not helped by Title IX Enforcement; Fails to boost opportunities for women and eliminates men's teams. As the attention of sports fans turns to the U.S. Open, a new report reveals tennis opportunities shrinking at the highest levels of the college game, NCAA Division I. College Sports Council Criticizes Court Decision Rejecting Varsity Status for Competitive Cheer The following is a statement from Eric Pearson, Chairman of the College Sports Council, concerning a decision yesterday by a federal judge in Connecticut that determined that NCAA member institutions could not grant varsity status to competitive cheer teams under Title IX: CSC Study on NCAA Soccer Highlights Opportunity Gap Between Male and Female Players A study by the College Sports Council (CSC) released on the eve of the 2010 World Cup reveals apparent disparate treatment of male soccer players by NCAA Division I schools. Obama admin. Rolls Back Title IX reforms The College Sports Council denounced an effort by the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) to undermine student interest surveys as a way to comply with Title IX. The decision by the OCR comes just weeks after the US Commission on Civil Rights issued a report calling for Title IX reform, including surveys College Sports Council Praises U.S. Civil Rights Commission Report on Title IX Reform The following is a statement from Eric Pearson, Chairman of the College Sports Council, concerning the report issued yesterday by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights entitled, "Title IX Athletics: Accommodating Interest and Abilities." Olympic Greats John Naber, Peter Vidmar, Dan Gable and Cael Sanderson join with Actor Billy Baldwin Calling for 'Common Sense' reform of Title IX Washington, D.C., August 4, 2008  Over 25 U.S. Olympians and over 35 NCAA Champions have endorsed a College Sports Council petition calling on the U.S. Congress to enact common sense reform of the federal regulations governing Title IX compliance. CSC Issues National Appeal for "Common-Sense Reform" of Title IX Washington, D.C., June 23, 2008 -- The College Sports Council and the Independent Women's Forum issued a national appeal on the 36th anniversary of the passage of Title IX calling on men and women to work together to effect "straightforward and common-sense" reform to the law's enforcement mechanism in college athletics. Study shows Historically Black Colleges and Universities struggle to meet Title IX's proportionality test. A study by the College Sports Council shows that, due to their student gender ratio approaching 2-1 female to male, nearly all of the nation's Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are out of compliance with Title IX's proportionality standard. Click here for supporting data. CSC launches Saving Sports Blog Our new Blog will serve as an ongoing, regularly updated online newsletter that chronicles the CSC position on Title IX issues and emerging developments. Findings of First-of-a-Kind Study Reveals Apparent Scholarship Discrimination by NCAA The findings of a first-of-a-kind study of NCAA participation and scholarship data conducted by the College Sports Council (CSC) shows that in NCAA Division I "gender symmetric sports" (teams where both male and female athletes participate), female students are accorded far more opportunities than male students to compete and earn scholarships. Click here for related charts