Word: athleticsã
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...Murphy scratched Harvard off her list since she wanted to play college basketball. Aside from her personal desire, she comes from a long-standing family tradition of athletics??€”on both sides of the family tree...
...argued that the current state of college athletics??€”particularly the widespread elimination of wrestling, swimming and track and field squads—has potential implications for the United States’ global standing...
...time commitment is not the only change. As women’s sports have become more popular and more financially viable, they have also become susceptible to the ills that plague men’s college athletics??€”recruiting violations and promises of admissions...
...Commission on Opportunities in Athletics??€™ purpose seemed quite clear: to study public commentary and material from colleges concerning Title IX compliance, and to issue detailed recommendations on how to improve its implementation...
...hand, its own increasingly intense recruiting has made it more legitimate in the football world. Dartmouth’s Jay Fiedler, Columbia’s Marcellus Wiley and Yale’s Eric Johnson all start in the pros. On the other, the Ancient Eight has clamped down on athletics??€”and football in particular—over concerns about maintaining the league’s ideal of the student-athlete. Recruiting limits were sliced last spring by the presidents of the Ivy League schools. Coaching staffs were slashed, and measures were put into place to limit time spent...