Title IX
November 6, 2023
Massachusetts superintendent calls for change after boy’s shot causes facial damage
A Massachusetts superintendent is looking for changes within the sport of field hockey after a girl was hit in the mouth by a shot from a boy on an opposing team during a playoff match last week. During the third quarter of the Massachusetts Inter...
August 15, 2023
Four more states restrict transgender athletes from competing in girls’ sports
With school back in session in some parts of the country, some states will not allow transgender girls to participate in their respective high school's girls' athletic teams. Kansas, North Dakota, and Wyoming had new laws put in place prior to the...
April 4, 2023
New York track team’s dress code petition garners 50,000 signatures
About a year ago, a high school girls' track team from Albany, New York, defied the school's dress code violation by showing up in sports bras to practice. It was a hot day with temperatures reportedly hitting more than 80 degrees. When the athlet...
February 28, 2023
Vermont girls basketball team forfeits game against team with transgender player
A Vermont girls' basketball team has withdrawn from the state's Division IV tournament because of a refusal to play a team with a transgender student-athlete. Mid Vermont Christian School, the 12-ranked team in the tournament was scheduled to play...
February 23, 2023
Florida won’t ask girl athletes about menstrual cycles
The Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) Board of Directors rejected a proposal this month that would have required high school girls to answer quetions about their menstrual cycles in order to play school sports. Previously the questi...
September 12, 2022
CSU Invests $5M into Women’s Soccer & Softball Complex
Colorado State University (CSU) will be investing a recent $5 million gift into its women's sports programs. The $5 million gift from the Bohemian Foundation is the largest singular gift devoted solely to women's athletics in Mountain West history...
August 24, 2022
Utah Commission Deciding on Trans Athletes’ Eligibility Status
A Utah commission that will determine whether transgender girls can compete in school sports matching their gender identity will soon go into effect, Utah Senate leaders announced late last week. A recent story from Axios.com summarized the series...
June 16, 2022
Poll Says 30% of Americans Believe Transgender Women Should Play Female Sports
According to a new poll from the Washington Post and the University of Maryland, roughly three in 10 Americans believe transgender women and girls should be allowed to participate in female sports. This comes a week after Louisiana became the 18th...
Teach kids to pay attention to their bodies and their own thirst, and to “drink to thirst”—that is, drink enough water so that the thirst recedes. Rehydrate between sports events/practices.
The telltale signs of heat-related illness in student-athletes
coachad.com
Each year, an estimated 240 people die from heat-related illnesses, an...