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Highlander. Edinboro finally rises to the top.

They use men because they are physically stronger and faster and provide a higher level of competition than any other women on campus. Purely anecdotal, but back in the 90s, I knew a guy who was a practice player for the PSU Women's basketball team. He was recruited by several DIII schools, but he wanted to go to a big school, so he came to Penn State. According to him, the rest of the practice players were the same level as him. If the male practice players were to go 100% in scrimmages, they would dominate on a regular basis. There was one guy who was not DIII talent, but he was 6'6" and while he couldn't shoot to save his life, he made for a great defensive practice player to match up against the scholarship 4s & 5s. Back then, the coach at the time didn't even use the full 15 scholarships allowed because they had trouble keeping that many players happy with playing time. One thing that I thought was interesting was that the practice players had to follow the same eligibility rules as the actual players. Academic progress, study halls, random drug tests, etc. I don't remember if that was an NCAA rule or a PSU policy.

First off, Title IX compliance has nothing to do with comparisons to other schools. Secondly, Weehawken is cherry picking around just one of the three points of Title IX compliance and he does not understand the one he is focusing on. There are three points of Title IX compliance. 1. Showing that the number of female athletes is in proportion to overall female enrollment 2. Demonstrating a history of expanding opportunities for women 3. Proving that a school is meeting the athletic interests and abilities of its female students So, let's look at the three points. 1. Showing that the number of female athletes is in proportion to overall female enrollment According to the linked article, Penn State has a 5.9% difference between female athletes (41.2%) and female students on the Penn State University Park campus (47.1%). If you count the male practice players on women's teams, which is the way they are tallied for Title IX, the difference would be slightly less. Either way, that is well within the definition of "in proportion to." Proportional and equal are not synonymous. For example, as a Penn State fan, I could say that Carter Starocci's head is proportional to the rest of his body. That does not mean that I actually think that his head is of equal size as the rest of his body. 2. Demonstrating a history of expanding opportunities for women Since my time at Penn State, I believe that they have added three new varsity sports. Women's Soccer (1994), Women's Ice Hockey (2012), & Men's Ice Hockey (2012). I have heard that the women's club soccer team filed a Title IX complaint in 1980 when PSU denied their request to become a varsity program. I do not know what the outcome of that complaint was, but I doubt that the Feds would let PSU wait that long if they were found to be in violation of Title IX. While Pegula paid for the new ice arena and endowed the men's program, the PSU Athletics is paying for the women's hockey program. 3. Proving that a school is meeting the athletic interests and abilities of its female students I haven't a clue how one goes about proving or disproving this point.

The only B1G school that sponsors more women's sports than Penn State is Ohio State.

The only reason Iowa has a women's program is because they got sued for cutting other women's sports. It was a purely financial decision just as it is for colleges who have not added women's wrestling.

Carter is already going up one weight class, why should Ferrari expect him to go up two? 190 is a fair catchweight for both blowhards.

A catchweight like 190 would be the only fair way to settle it. Why should it all be on Carter to go all the way up to 197 a weight he is too small to wrestle?

When the Pastry didn't honor his bet.

It was a distraction for Cael when he did it back in 2011 and the team suffered greatly for it as they dropped from 1st in 2011 to 1st in 2012.

I was having none of the issues others were having, even from the start. I wonder if ISPs were a factor? I’m on T-Mobile and I never had any problems with the site on my work’s network.

Am I the only person not seeing a problem? I use CHrome on a Windows PC and Safari for iPad & IPhone. I get one pop-up ad with no sound, almost always off to the side. If it does happen to be covering up the content of the thread, one little click on the 'X' and the ad disappears.

The ones that I really feel sorry for are the wrestlers for Johnson-Wales in Rhode Island, home to one of the best culinary schools in the country. Probably the only program that worries about their HWT making weight.

Contact the OU Libraries. Most universities will have their old yearbooks.

Why should they be under any gun? The reason for the merger is to increase revenue for football and men's basketball, not to spend money on other sports. Should Iowa & Penn State be under the gun to add water polo? As it stands, all B1G sports will be forced to spend more money with additional travel costs. Not really a big issue for a football budget, but an issue for smaller budget sports like tennis & golf.

Jimmy’s taking all bets, double or nothing. If he wins, he’ll double his posts. If you win………

If it's a Hawkeye on top, it's wrestling. If it's anyone else on top, it's stalling. Clear enough?

One does not simply walk into Modor after a three year hiatus from wrestling.

I think there’s a better chance that Iowa adds water polo before a SoCal or UCLA add wrestling.

Is the treatment a pill, a shot, or amputation? All three?

It happened at my high school in the 80s. Shut out a neighboring team and their heavyweight took a swing after his match and ours retaliated. Score was something along the lines of 52 to -1.

Starter Pack?

If you’re going to quote Emerson, at least quote him correctly. It is “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds……” Not all consistencies are foolish.

Fricchione weighed in at 208 today for the Hofstra dual.

Jeff Walter was on the smaller side as well. While he wrestled Hwt most of his senior year in high school, he dropped to 189 at the end of the year for the tournaments.

As great as I think it is for the sport to have a B1G school to have women's wrestling, the prime/only reason that Iowa started their women's program was because they were sued for cutting other women's sports.