Create accountLogin

Recent searches

No recent searches

Search options

Only available when logged in.
shakedown.social is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
A community for live music fans with roots in the jam scene. Shakedown Social is run by a team of volunteers (led by @clifff and @sethadam1) and funded by donations.

Administered by:

Server stats:

284
active users

shakedown.social: AboutStatusProfiles directoryPrivacy policy

Mastodon: AboutGet the appKeyboard shortcutsView source codev4.3.4

#ncaa

0 posts0 participants0 posts today
Public
Preston MacDougall

TIL on @wikipedia that to preserve the amateur status of intercollegiate athletics, in 1948 the #NCAA instituted the ‘Sanity Code’ which barred any form of financial aid that was not solely needs-based and also required them to meet the *same academic standards* as all non-athlete students. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanity

It was revoked in 1951 at the insistence of the University of Virginia since other universities in the South were ignoring it. So the original #DEI in #HigherEducation ?

en.m.wikipedia.orgSanity Code - Wikipedia
Public
Jenny

Dr. Jack Turban, child/adolescent psychiatrist and member of the NCAA Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports committee, has resigned in protest over the NCAA’s politically-motivated ban on transgender women participating in women’s sports.

(Alt text broken into 2 parts due to character limits)

He also has a Substack:
👉substack.com/@jackturban
and IG:
👉 instagram.com/jack_turban

Letter written on UCSF (University of California San Francisco) letterhead: (Part 1) February 6, 2025 Charles D. Baker President, National Collegiate Athletic Association 700 W. Washington Street Indianapolis, Indiana 46206 Dear Mr. Baker: I am writing to resign from the NCAA Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports (SMAS) effective immediately. Unfortunately, your recent decision to issue a blanket ban on trans female participation in women's sports does not align with medial or scientific consensus. I cannot in good conscience participate in this kind of politicization of science and medicine at the expense of some of our most vulnerable student athletes.
(Part 2) I am immensely grateful for my time with CSMAS and have been consistently impressed by the academic and medical rigor the committee brings to ensuring competitive fairness and the safety of student athletes. I am particularly thankful to have had the opportunity to work with the other physician members of the committee. Their compassion and scientific expertise have been unparalleled. However, it is clear that your decision was based on politics and not science, as the CSMAS membership was not consulted prior to the decision. Sincerely, Jack L. Turban MD MHS Director, Gender Psychiatry Program Contributing Editor, JAACAP Academic Editor, PLoS One Assistant Professor, Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Affiliate Faculty, Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies University of California, San Francisco
#TransRights#HumanRights#Resist
Public *
Bi Sasquatch

Source: The Advocate

From the article: "Political campaigns in 2024 saw many Republicans — especially Donald Trump — and even some Democrats attack the inclusion of transgender females in girls’ and women’s sports, saying “men” shouldn’t be in these sports because of a supposed competitive advantage. On February 5, Trump signed an executive order called “No Men in Women’s Sports," with the White House claiming it is law. He warned that public schools and colleges that do not comply with the order would "risk their federal funding." But executive orders are not laws; they are directives issued by the president to federal agencies.

"Legal experts note that executive orders cannot override federal civil rights protections without congressional action and are expected to face swift legal challenges. This order is expected to face those challenges as well."

#NCAA #Sports #SportsBan #Science
#USPolitics #ThePoliticsOfHate #TransgenderDiscrimination
#AcceptanceMatters #Transgender #Transrights #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIAPlus

advocate.com/news/transgender-

Advocate.com · What does the science say about transgender women in sports?By Trudy Ring
Public
Sada Reed

This “comes a day after the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights issued a memo, stating name, image and likeness payments to college athletes must be proportionate between a school’s male and female athletes to comply with Title IX.” #ncaa #sport #sports nytimes.com/athletic/6070948/2

The Athletic · DOJ urges judge of House case to modify $20.5M cap on school-athlete revenue sharingBy Ralph D. Russo
ExploreLive feeds
About