Saturday, May 19, 2012
Quote of the Day
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Friday, May 18, 2012
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Quote of the Day
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Monday, May 14, 2012
First is the Worst
Back to the title of the post.
In an attempt to "scoop" the swimming media, Braden Keith took a job posting and created a headline that makes him front-runner for Jackass of the Year honors.
He has since changed "Assistant Coach Jim Henry Out at Texas" to "Jim Henry in Open Competition for Texas Assistant Job".
Keith owes Jim an apology, but don't hold your breath waiting on that...
Another Chance
If you missed the Cap 2k and were hoping for another chance to swim in Lady Bird Lake, this event might be just what you're looking for.It's a sort of Splash-n-Dash, but with a twist. You'll be racing along with Fido. Read more here.
Labels: Ever So Slightly Humorous, Open Water
Quote of the Day
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Sunday, May 13, 2012
C'mon and Swim
Maybe Bobby can use this at camp...
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Saturday, May 12, 2012
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Friday, May 11, 2012
Clear Creek HS
Contact Jana Williams
2012 UIL 5A State Results
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Thursday, May 10, 2012
Cedar Hill HS
Contact Gina Farmer at 469-272-2014.
2012 Region III-5A Results
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40th Anniversary: An Opposing Viewpoint
While most recent pieces on Title IX have touted progress for women in athletics, few have mentioned the decline in men's sports.
Doug Robinson points out the unintended consequences of proportionality here.
Universities have been running scared ever since and become remarkably creative in the process. They've scrambled to even up the numbers because a) football has 100 or so players on the roster and there isn't a women's football team, and b) there isn't as much interest in athletics among females.
Hundreds of men's programs have been cut to even the percentages of women vs. men in participation. According to one report, between 1981 and 1999, universities eliminated 171 men's wrestling teams, 84 men's tennis teams, 56 men's gymnastics teams, 27 men's track teams and 25 men's swimming teams. For every female athlete gained, 3.6 men were lost.
Ready for the more frightening news? Radicals spouting off on Title IX continue to tell the world "We still have a long way to go!"
I guess they won't be happy until they've wiped out a few hundred more men's programs...
Labels: Title IX, Title IX/Men's Swimming Cuts
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Quote of the Day
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Wednesday, May 09, 2012
Seeing Stars/Hearing Birds?
If it happens thirty (30) times a season on the foosball field, find another sport.
Chin-cinatti Bengal lineman Jacob "Quit Ringin' My Danged" Bell is hanging up his jockstrap over concussion concerns. Read more about the former Ram here.
"If you're telling me 'I'm seeing stars' is some sort of concussion, then you're getting a couple a week. You're going to get a minimum 30 concussions in a season. That just gives you a ballpark figure of what people are truly dealing with."
Graviss Makes Jr. National Team
Mizzou-bound Daniel Graviss (Elkins HS/First Colony Swim Team) qualified for the USA Swimming Jr. National Open Water squad. View complete roster here.Labels: Open Water
Parent Letter
Many of you have already seen this. In case you haven't, it's a letter from St. Louis Cardinal manager Mike Matheny to his Little League parents. Read it here.Closes with this:
I know that right now you are asking yourself if this is what you want to get yourself into and I understand that for some of you it may not be the right fit. I also think that there is a great opportunity for these boys to grow together and learn some lessons that will go beyond their baseball experience. Let me know as soon as possible whether or not this is a commitment that you and your son want to make.
Thanks,
Mike Matheny
Thanks, DJA!
Tuesday, May 08, 2012
Quote of the Day
find yourself without it. Your life will be
impoverished. But if you invest in beauty,
it will remain with you all the days of your life.

Frank Lloyd Wright
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Monday, May 07, 2012
Cypress Springs HS
Contact Coach Timothy Szafran and Athletic Coordinator Richard Cobia.
2012 Region V-5a Results
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Paris HS
Contact Barry Bowman at 903-737-7427.
2012 Region III-4A Results
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Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD
Contact Orlando Garcia at 956-354-2220.
Brand new program.
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Sunday, May 06, 2012
Time for some good news:
Spoiler Alert!!
Pro wrestling is fake.
Diamond Dallas Page was a pro wrestler.
Now that we've gotten that out of the way, visit Diamond Dallas Page Yoga here.
Seen This?
The student, Nick, is fine and was released from the hospital around 3:45PM the same day, May 4th, 2012. I also feel the need to clarify the situation to those unfamiliar with the roads around UT campus. This sword fight took place on Guadalupe St just in front of the Co-op. The "crosswalk", is understood to be the entire area in between the two lights.
Troll comment of the day: "The 4th is strong with this one"
Didn't quite stop in the nick of time...
Thanks, BB!
More Bad News
We'll start off with a little Title IX piece. UCLA celebrates the fourtieth anniversary:
On the subject of dumped men's programs, here's Cal Benz on Nebraska's men's swimming rules violations:
Ready for a positive story on men's college swimming? You won't find one here.
Butler is dealing with Title IX issues. Read more here. Don't worry about men's swimming being on the chopping block up there, though. They dumped men's swimming long ago.
Men's swimming was dropped at Rutgers a few years ago. Doesn't look like it saved them a whole lot of money, though. The university soaks students for a grand each year to prop up their bloated athletic department. Read more here.
Take your pick on which is the most damning statement about the Rutgers athletic department, based on a report by Bloomberg News this week examining spending in big-time sports:
a) Rutgers gave $28.5-million from the university budget and student fees, or almost $1,000 per student, to finance sports during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2011.
b) The $19.4-million that Rutgers allocated to athletics from its general budget would have been enough to hire about 256 assistant professors or 132 full professors, based on salary figures provided by the university.
c) Fiscal 2011 included the first losing football season in six years. Ticket sales for all sports, led by football, plunged by $3.1-million; donations fell $1.5-million; and income from royalties and licensing declined $477,558.
How about d) all of the above ?
Looking for an escaped from all the bad news? They say this new movie's pretty danged good:

Labels: Title IX, Title IX/Men's Swimming Cuts, Video
Rules Notification
To: USA Swimming Officials, Coaches, General Chairs, LSC Officials Chairs
From: Dan McAllen III, Chair, Rules & Regulations Committee
Subj: NOTICE re: Rule 102.24.4D Adjustment for Timing System Difference
Due to technical difficulties, the Rules & Regulations Committee is postponing the effective date of Rule 102.24.4D until further notice. Those who may have downloaded the update to Hy-tek Meet Manager 4.0 sent out on April 30, 2012 should revert to their previous version of Meet Manager.
Saturday, May 05, 2012
Quote of the Day
can distort them as you please.

Samuel Langhorne Clemens, a.k.a. Mark Twain
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Friday, May 04, 2012
Quote of the Day
have as few regulations as possible.

James Danforth "Dan" Quayle
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Thursday, May 03, 2012
Title IX for Dummies!
The avalanche of Title IX 40th Birthday articles is upon us. What few will contain is the truth about how screwed up this well-intentioned law has become.
Proportionality has DIRECTLY resulted in the elimination of thousands of athletic opportunities for young men. Whether it was roster caps or the outright cutting of entire programs, proportionality has destroyed coaching and athletic careers across the nation.
College Swimming has posted a list of men's swimming programs dropped in the past few decades here.
Thanks for the heads up, HN!
Labels: Title IX, Title IX/Men's Swimming Cuts
Quote of the Day
devoted to correcting the effects of
mismanagement of government.

Milton Friedman
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Wednesday, May 02, 2012
Dawson HS
Contact Matthew Winton
2012 UIL 4A State Results
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Quote of the Day
making the complicated simple,
awesomely simple, that’s creativity.

Charles Mingus, Jr.
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Tuesday, May 01, 2012
Two More HS Jobs
Strake Jesuit (Houston) contact is Terry Meara (713-446-6446).
Carroll (Corpus Christi) contact is Brenda Marshall (361-878-4888).
2012 UIL State Results
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Loss Shocks Swimming World
Norway's 100 breaststoke World Champion, Alex Dale Oen is dead. Read more here.
Thanks for the heads up, SJB.
NCAA taking first step...
“Sexual relationships between coaches and student-athletes have become a serious problem,” declares the opening line of a new publication the National Collegiate Athletic Association is distributing to all its member institutions, urging athletic departments to create policies that “unambiguously and effectively” prohibit such relationships.
Of course, these relationships create conflicts of interest. But the issues run deeper than that, argue authors Deborah L. Brake, a University of Pittsburgh law professor, and Mariah Burton Nelson, executive director for the American Association for Physical Activity and Recreation.
The authors state that such relationships do not necessarily constitute sexual harassment, which is unwanted. Rather, they are a form of sexual abuse (though not necessarily criminal assault) because the employee holds a position of power over the athlete – rendering an athlete’s consent, stated or unstated, illegitimate. “The public understands that children can be manipulated into ‘agreeing’ to behaviors that are inappropriate and even criminal because they are, relative to adults, powerless,” the document reads. “Whether the student-athlete is 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, or older, she or he is significantly less powerful than a head coach, assistant coach, athletics trainer, sport psychologist, athletics director, or other athletics department staff with supervisory control or authority over student-athletes.”
Quote of the Day
for the rise of a mass movement. What starts
out here as a mass movement ends up as
a racket, a cult, or a corporation.

Eric Hoffer
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Monday, April 30, 2012
2012 CSCAA Convention
One topic for discussion will be the recent NCAA survey on qualifying procedures for D-I national championships.
Fighting Literacy, One Child at a Time
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Quote of the Day
coach whose main enjoyment is winning.

Charles Henry "Chuck" Noll
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Saturday, April 28, 2012
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TISCA Changes?
Want to see some changes in TISCA? Looking for folks who think outside the rectangular prism? Shouldn't we look for coaches that want more than just a title and a couple of trips to Austin each year?Maybe it's time to consider term limits for region swim/dive reps. After six years, the time has come to either step aside for the new blood, or take your experience to a higher position, right?
How about the elimination of dual roles? When one coach serves in multiple positions, he/she takes away an opportunity from another coach. Again, let's create more chances for some new blood.
Let's elect/appoint active coaches only. When I got into administration, I resigned my board position. Only coaches who are coaching Texas high school teams should be representing Texas coaches' and athletes' interests.
Okay, cue the crickets...
St. Andrew's Episcopal
Contact Laura Longoria
2012 SPC Championships Results
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In case you missed...
The New Timed Finals?
April 21 - Longhorn Kickoff
April 22 - Fran Crippen Memorial Results
April 23 - HERSEY SWIMS 4:40 IN THE 400 FREE?
Nice work, Braden!
Ron Ballatore Passes
Ballatore's Bruin men were the victims of Title IX cuts in 1994. He went on to coach at Brown and Florida.
Ron "Sticks" Ballatore, UCLA Swimming Tribute Video from Dan on Vimeo.
Labels: Music, Title IX, Title IX/Men's Swimming Cuts, Video
Friday, April 27, 2012
Title IX Issues at SMU?
An article in The Daily Campus claims SMU isn't giving female athletes their fair share. Read more here.Beth Wilson, associate vice-president and Title IX coordinator, said the university has done a superlative job meeting federal requirements. “I think we’ve done pretty much what we needed to do,” she said. “I think the issues have been addressed or are being addressed.”
Wilson said she could not discuss why SMU spends twice as much on men’s sports compared to female athletes until she reviewed the data SMU submitted to the Department of Education. When a reporter offered the records to her, Wilson refused to look at them.
Dr. Ellen Jackofsky, an accounting professor in the Cox School of Business and a member of the Faculty Senate Athletic Policies Committee from 1995 to 2011, reviewed SMU’s athletic spending. When asked if the records showed SMU in compliance with Title IX, she said, “Absolutely not.”
“This shouldn’t be happening,” Jackofsky said. “I’m disappointed to hear that, to know that’s where we are.”
Some students said the spending disparity is understandable for a simple reason.
“Come on, it’s football,” Gerardo Padierna, a first-year student, said. “Football is king.”
Others said the disparity is disturbing.
“This is a lawsuit waiting to happen,” sophomore Katherine Montgomery said.
How long before Nancy's flight touches down at Love Field?
Labels: Title IX
Quote of the Day
you bore people, they think it's their fault.

Heinz Alfred "Henry" Kissinger
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Thursday, April 26, 2012
Three More HS Jobs
Crosby HS needs a head coach.
Contact Jeff Riordan at 281-328-9200.
2012 Region VI-4A Results
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Big Spring HS needs a head coach.
Contact Phillip Ritchey at 423-264-3662
2012 Region I-4A Results
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Tomball HS needs both a head and an assistant coach.
Contact Ronny Peacock at 281-357-3047.
2012 UIL 5A State Results
Quote of the Day
awful oversight was over-confidence
that sapped my sense of danger. So
that is where to look for the cause
of bad blunders - in the exulting
feeling of self-congratulation.

Alexander Alexandrovich Kotov
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Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Mean Green All-Americans
Four (4) gals from the North Texas squad have been named CSCAA Mid-Major Honorable Mention All-Americans. Read more here.Selected for the Mean Green were: Rosa Gentile, Mona Groteguth, Krista Rossum, & Catia Weickgenant
D-II Swimming on CBS
This Saturday, CBS will air a special on the NCAA winter championships. The show is scheduled to air at noon central. Read more here.The Drury University men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams have dominated the Division II swimming and diving championships recently. But an upstart program from Grand Canyon University has its sights set on knocking off the reigning title holders and staking their claim as the best in the pool at this year’s championship.
Bispo UT Women's Athlete of the Year
"I think it's really awesome that they take time to put on something like this for us. We have a chance to get together, get all dressed up and celebrate each other's accomplishments," said Athlete of the Year winner and Olympic swimming hopeful Karlee Bispo.
Ambassador Needed
The Pool Ambassador is responsible for overseeing the community pool area, ensuring authorized resident and guest use only together with a safe and enjoyable pool experience. The Pool Ambassador consistently exceeds resident expectations and provides the highest levels of product and services, including superior customer service.
More info is here.
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