For the first time since 1982, all teams headed to the women s NCAA Final Four are coached by women. Women now also make up 64 percent of the head coaching jobs for women s teams, an eleven percent increase over the low 58.5 percent in 1988. Basketball is one of only seven sports in the NCAA in which women coaches make up more than 51 percent of coaching positions, in all divisions women make up approximately 2 percent of coaching jobs in men s sports. The President s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports released results of a study today which show the female high school athletes receive better grades, are less likely to drop out of school, more likely to go to college, and develop fewer health problems than their non-athletic counterparts. Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala used the study s results as a spring board to encourage more girls to enter sports.
Young girls are still twice as likely to be inactive as young boys.
And girls living in poverty especially girls of color still face even greater obstacles. Currently, the law covers unmarried couples who live together, formerly lived together or have a child in common, spouses and some relatives. The law won t be heard until 1998, but Philpot is already pushing the amendment and domestic violence protection advocates are pushing back. This is a witchhunt. I mean, we re losing perspective here.