In this newsletter you will find a variety of information.
We plan to feature a Title IX article every month. We are
going to be giving a percentage of our sales to
savingsports.org - You can find more information about their
organization by reading the article in this newsletter. Its
important that if you have the ability to contribute to this
cause to do so. As a company, we are going to make it a
priority to give back to the wrestling community.
Also, we will include an article about the World Team to get
you more familiar with the wrestlers on the team. Let's
pack Indianapolis next year and show our wrestlers our
support to bring home Gold, Silver, and Bronze Medals.
Keep us up to date of what is going on. If you have a
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comments you'd like mentioned in this newsletter.
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comments about the message board. Follow the link and post
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wrestlers can go and interact with other wrestlers. Only rule
is no advertising of summercamps or other businesses. If
you have a wrestling tournament you want to promote, feel
free to post it so wrestlers from around the nation can
find out about it...
Take care and start to "Get Ready for the Mat..."
Jeff
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Coaches Launch Renewed Legal Challenge to Title IX
08/15/2003 Jim McCarthy (202) 296-0553 College Sports
Council
College Sports Council to Confront Department of Education
WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 15, 2003 - The College Sports
Council (CSC) launched a two-pronged legal offensive in
federal court today against the Department of Education.
Following the Administration's refusal to accept the
recommendations of the Commission on Opportunity in
Athletics, the legal action sets the stage for a final
showdown over the enforcement of Title IX.
"The government refuses to protect students from the ongoing
elimination of athletic opportunities, so the coaches,
parents and kids are going to stand up for themselves,"
said Eric Pearson, CSC Chairman.
"Reasonable people from all corners of education, including
the Administration's own Title IX Commission, have been
pleading for common sense reforms. We will not be deterred
by politicians and gender quota activists who stand in the
way of fairness."
Press Conference by Phone
WHO: Eric Pearson, Chairman, College Sports Council;
Larry Joseph, Lead Attorney
WHEN: Friday, August 15, 2003 - 12 Noon, Eastern
Standard Time
HOW: Call can be accessed by dialing (800) 493-3979
Access Code: "College Sports Council" or "Title IX"
Details of the Legal Action
First, CSC asked the United States Court of Appeals for the
District of Columbia Circuit to summarily reverse a district
court decision in June to dismiss a challenge to a January
1996 Clinton Administration policy re-interpreting how the
Department of Education enforces Title IX.
Second, CSC filed a new lawsuit in the United States
District Court for the District of Columbia to challenge a
July 2003 Bush Administration decision not to repeal the
earlier policy. The new district court lawsuit also
challenges the Bush Administration's release of, and
reliance on, a report prepared by the Secretary Commission
on Opportunity in Athletics, which rests on deeply flawed
statistics.
The CSC, a national coalition of coaching associations
that includes track, swimming, golf, gymnastics, wrestling,
and baseball, seeks to eliminate the "three-part test" used
to enforce Title IX. The "three-part test" includes a quota
that has caused the arbitrary cutting and capping of
thousands of athletic programs for men and boys at schools
across the country, costing student-athletes both
scholarships and their dreams of competition. The CSC
seeks to restore Title IX to its original intent - providing
equal opportunity without discriminating against any
student-athlete of either gender. "We want to stop cuts
in opportunities for men and boys, but our campaign supports
the continued growth of athletic opportunities for women
and girls," Pearson said. "More teams were added for women
and girls without the "three-part test" than were added
when it was in force."
In addition to Title IX, the CSC also seeks to enforce
the Data Quality Act, which went into effect on
October 1, 2002, and requires federal agencies to ensure
the quality of the data that they disseminate and rely on
for administrative actions.
When the Administration's Title IX Commission finished
its report, CSC immediately filed a Data Quality Act
appeal to challenge the report for overstating the gains
in women's sports and understating the losses in men's
sports. "Incredibly, the Administration relied on the
Commission report to justify the "three-part test" while
we had pending a Data Quality challenge to the Commission
report," said Larry Joseph, attorney for the CSC.
The Commission report relies on an earlier General
Accounting Office report, issued before the Data Quality
Act went into effect. The reports claim a small net
increase (36 teams) for men since 1980, without
recognizing that 134 schools (with hundreds of pre-existing
teams) joined the survey group after 1980. "Just like some
of the recent corporate accounting scandals, these reports
mask persistent, significant losses with false gains from
mergers," said Pearson.
With the Administration backing out of the reform process
it started by convening its Title IX Commission, the CSC
has determined that litigation is the only way to save
athletic opportunities. "School administrators everywhere
know that the only way to be 100% safe under the current
Title IX regulations is to comply with the quota," said
Pearson. "This is why the Title IX Commission recommended
reform."
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Olympic World Team Trials
May 21 to 23 Make sure you are in Indianapolis that weekend.
If you plan to attend the Olympic World Team Trials, you
should start to make hotel arrangements. There is a major
convention in town that weekend and I understand this is
the last weekend for the Indy 500 Qualifiers...
This is an incredible weekend of wrestling. I have attended
the past two Team Trials and it has been absolutely amazing.
If you have the chance to make it, it will be a great chance
to see the top Freestyle and Greco Wrestlers in the USA.
We will put some information about the wrestlers who we
expect to see wrestling that weekend.
The current Freestyle team is:
55 Kg - Stephan Abas - CA (Sunkist Kids)
60 Kg - Eric Guerro - OK (Gator WC)
66 Kg - Jamil Kelly - OK (Gator WC)
74 Kg - Joe Williams - IA (Sunkist Kids)
84 Kg - Cael Sanderson - IA (Sunkist Kids)
96 Kg - Daniel Cormier - OK (Gator WC)
120 Kg - Kerry McCoy - PA (NYAC)
The current Greco team is:
55 Kg - Brandon Paulson - MN (Minnesota Storm)
60 Kg - James Gruenwald - CO (Sunkist Kids)
66 Kg - Kevin Bracken - CO (NYAC)
74 Kg - TC Dantzler - CO (NYAC)
84 Kg - Brad Vering - CO (Sunkist Kids)
96 Kg - Garret Lowney - WI (Minnesota Storm)
120 Kg - Rulon Gardner - CO (Sunkist Kids)
Vote for your favorite Freestyle Wrestler. Follow the link
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Considine named USA Wrestling State Chairperson of the Year
8/10/2003
Gary Abbott/USA Wrestling Use with permission
Jim Considine of Carol Stream, Ill. was elected USA
Wrestling State Chairperson of the Year. USA Wrestling is
the National Governing Body for amateur wrestling in the
United States.
He was selected for this honor by his peer State
Chairpersons during the USA Wrestling State Leaders
Conference held in Colorado Springs, Colo., Aug. 6-9.
Considine has served as USA Wrestling State Chairperson
in Illinois since 1999. Illinois has over 10,000 USA
Wrestling members, second only to California in the number
of registered members for the organization. The Illinois
association has the largest Kids wrestling organization
within USA Wrestling.
He has served as the President of the Illinois Kids
Wrestling Association (IKWF) since 1993, and has been on
the IKWF Board since 1985. He has run an IKWF kids club,
the Villa-Lombard Cougars, since 1983.
Considine is an assistant wrestling coach at Glenbard North
High School, one of the most successful high school
wrestling programs in the nation. Two of his sons, Augie
and Andy, competed at Glenbard North. Considine was a
wrestler at Willowbrook High School in Villa Park, Ill.
He gives special credit to his wife Alicia for all of her
efforts on behalf of the USA Wrestling state association
and the youth club, as well as support for his wrestling
activities.
I am surprised and honored to win this, said Considine.
It is an award won by the state organization. I have a
great Board, and that is why Illinois wrestling is doing
so well.
Considine has worked for 29 years in marketing for
Motorola.
State Chairperson of the Year
1978 - Leroy Evans, California
1979 - Dave Dozeman, Michigan
1980 - Frank Rader, North Carolina
1981 - Ted DeRousse, Illinois
1982 - Dave and Bobby Schneller, Connecticut
1983 - Mick Pickford, Iowa
1984 - Bill Crum, New Jersey
1985 - Tom Canavan, Pennsylvania
1986 - Kay Lacher, Minnesota
1987 - Jack Harcourt, Virginia
1988 - Mark Scott, Wyoming
1989 - Leroy Evans, California and Charlie White, Colorado
1990 - John Welch, New Jersey
1991 - Dave Mellon, North Dakota
1992 - Bob Labat, Minnesota
1993 - Al Kastl, Michigan
1994 - Chuck Elvin, Kansas
1995 - Haswell Franklin, Sr., Maryland
1996 - Archie Randall, Oklahoma
1997 - Fred Lehrke, Wisconsin
1998 - Bob Walker, Florida
1999 - Mike Dowden, Indiana
2000 - Paula McGahee, Georgia
2001 - Tom Shaw, Washington
2002 - Dave Black, Wisconsin
2003 - Jim Considine, Illinois
IN CLOSING
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