Title IX

Well, I wasn't planning on posting today. There really isn't much to talk about in the world of OU sports. The girls b-ball game was cancelled due to weather, the boys lost in a game to Texas yesterday that they should have forfeited to send a message to Weiberg and we dropped a wrestling match yesterday to Cornell. Just to elaborate, Weiberg needs a message sent to him by Boren and Castiglione, he didn't side with us after the Oregan game when the whole world knew what happened, and now he suspended Longar after he even stated that he believed Longar did not intentionally elbow the Texas Tech player in the eye.

On to the actual post...Title IX. The NCAA is supposed to be ruling (they may have already, but I haven't seen anything further on it) on whether to continue to allow men to play against the womens basketball teams in practice. They believe that using men in practice rather than women, it takes the oppurtunity away from women to compete. I read a really good article last week written by Nancy Lieberman about why men should continue to help in womens practice. I wondered what Sherri Coale thought about all of this. Well, here's the answer. She wrote a great blog this morning about her views on the subject.

I think it's ridiculous to remove the men from the practice. It's not hurting anyone, it only helps develop our players so they can compete against the top in the game. This is one of those instances where things have been taken completely out of context.