Law Professor Writes About Post-Title IX World of Youth Sports
September 18, 2009
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Dionne L. Koller, assistant professor in the University of Baltimore School of Law and an expert in sports and the law, has published an op-ed in The Baltimore Sun on the effects of Title IX on youth sports, and the growing problem of Maryland students opting out of athletics altogether.
"[W]hile we're busy debating the merits of Title IX, many of Maryland's children are sitting at home, not playing, not physically active. In the post-Title IX world we imagined—where sport participation is open, accessible to boys and girls alike—there is a growing paradox of nonparticipation," Koller writes in the op-ed in the Sept. 18 edition of the Sun.
"How did youth sports become so polarized, with a group of dedicated, elite youngsters on the one hand, and a much larger segment of sedentary, overweight kids on the other?" Koller asks in the piece. "Our actions have spoken volumes, and our kids have gotten the message: Sport is about winning—not simply participating."
Koller is a frequent commentator on issues related to sports and the law. She currently serves on the Executive Board for the Sports Law Section of the Association of American Law Schools, and has contributed numerous papers on sports law topics to academic journals across the country.
Find out more about Koller here. Read the Sun op-ed, "Title IX isn't the issue," here.