Male Practice Players Update

You may recall that last December, the NCAA proposed a ban on the use of male practice players in women’s intercollegiate athletics. Here are a couple of the many articles written at that time:

• Gender Equity in Practice, by Doug Lederman, InsideHigherEd.com
• Junk the Males? No Way!, by Mechelle Voepel, ESPN.com

The NCAA has now released the results of a survey of athletic adminstrators and coaches. The issue has been under investigation for more than two years, and it doesn't seem that it will be settled soon.

On a lighter note, Alex Delanian, a practice player with the Women of Troy, reports that "The women's basketball team made me a better man".