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They are less stringent than they used to be.
a) In the 90's, LaCrosse Logan had to play LaCrosse Central in a Regional Final game @ Madison West. The WIAA refused to change the location because West earned the regional final game.
b) In the 90's also, when asked why the LaCrosse area was never allowed to host a sectional game, we were told by the WIAA that . . . "it was too far for the Madison schools to travel".
That, in a nutshell, is the WIAA wisdom.

As they continue to have these problems, they should just allow the higher seeded teams to host throughout the process. It has (and probably always will be) a WIAA philosophy to favor certain schools for political reasons, without rhyme or reason.

Is this survey for boys or girls or both?

Full article from LaCrosse Tribune Sports . . .

ADAYSHA WILLIAMS always wanted a Division I basketball scholarship.

When she was offered one, it didn’t take too long to accept.

The Logan High School senior-to-be on Thursday accepted a full-ride scholarship offer from Sacred Heart, a successful program in Fairfield, Conn.

The Pioneers (27-6) are the four-time defending Northeast Conference champions and played in the NCAA tournament last season, losing to Georgia Tech in the first round.

But, Williams said, her college decision was about more than basketball.

“They have great academics,” said Williams, who plans to study physical therapy or athletic training. “I’m really big on academics.”

Williams said she has a chance to battle for playing time immediately.

“Freshman year, I’ll have an opportunity to play,” she said. “That’s another big thing for me.”

Williams, who plays with Holmen’s Caitlyn Russell — an Evansville recruit — with the Milwaukee-based Playground Elite AAU program, said Sacred Heart was the only DI offer she received, although Lehigh showed strong interest.

She also had an offer from Division II Concordia-St. Paul.

Williams said she made a pros and cons list after visiting both Sacred Heart and Lehigh last week.

“Sacred Heart had a lot more things in the pros column,” she said.

Now that the decision is over, Williams can focus on the upcoming season which should be a promising one for the Rangers.

“It’s nice not having to deal with the added stress and pressure of making a decision,” she said.

Williams, an All-Tribune second-team pick as a junior, averaged 11 points and 3 assists for Logan, which won the MVC and a WIAA Division 2 regional title.

She’ll have to help replace the graduated Kennedy Johnson, a first-team All-Tribune pick who averaged 11 points and 7 rebounds a game, and deal with the added pressure of being a Division I recruit.

“I think I’m ready to deal with whatever anyone has to throw at me,” Williams said. “I’ve been dealt more difficult circumstances. It will be good to step up to the plate and show people what I can do.”

--from LaCrosse Tribune--

Adaysha Williams always wanted a Division I basketball scholarship.

When she was offered one, it didn’t take too long to accept.

The Logan High School senior-to-be on Thursday accepted a full-ride scholarship offer from Sacred Heart, a successful program in Fairfield, Conn.

The Pioneers (27-6) are the four-time defending Northeast Conference champions and played in the NCAA tournament last season, losing to Georgia Tech in the first round.

But, Williams said, her college decision was about more than basketball.

“They have great academics,” said Williams, who plans to study physical therapy or athletic training. “I’m really big on academics.”

Williams said she has a chance to battle for playing time immediately.

“Freshman year, I’ll have an opportunity to play,” she said. “That’s another big thing for me.”

Oh my, looks like Brookwood will be on a Championship run the next few years. Kudos to a future Hall of Fame coach to take over the reigns.

oooooh... here is the conundrum.
So, if girls move to Green Bay for two years and then must move back to the Kohl Center (or a lesser venue as you put it), they are then facing a Title IX issue. So, if not now . . . then in 2 years the issue arises.

Title IX does not come into play for Boys Hockey. (See compliance rules below) Only the "Institutions" underrepresented sex. That would be females at most (or all) schools. Boys sports do not (or any individual boys sport) does not meet the compliance obligation of a school.
In the 80's, Football was the main sport where disporportionatly more males played than females (still the same today). Thus it was the "institution" as a whole that was measure. There was a (a legal) push at one point to exempt football from counting the total number of athletes participating at a school. The Feds would have nothing to do with that. That is why some schools actually have a few more girls sports than boys sports . . . an attempt to bring total participation to near equality. In the 90's a few schools actually dropped some boys sports to equalize this issue. To me, this is a bad move . . . but here we are today . . . 40 years after Title IX came to be, and we still have issues.

One more thing, the WIAA could have asked the Feds for a waiver to do what they are doing. Did they? Does anyone know? Or will they do that "after the fact". This was not evident on the WIAA website.

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Compliance can be assessed in any one of three ways:[18]
1.Providing athletic participation opportunities that are substantially proportionate to the student enrollment. This prong of the test is satisfied when participation opportunities for men and women are "substantially proportionate" to their respective undergraduate enrollment.
2.Demonstrating a continual expansion of athletic opportunities for the underrepresented sex. This prong of the test is satisfied when an institution has a history and continuing practice of program expansion that is responsive to the developing interests and abilities of the underrepresented sex (typically female).
3.Accommodating the interest and ability of underrepresented sex. This prong of the test is satisfied when an institution is meeting the interests and abilities of its female students even where there are disproportionately fewer females than males participating in sports.

Here's the point . . .

With respect to athletic programs, the Dept. of Education evaluates the following factors in determining whether equal treatment exists:[16]

1.Whether the selection of sports and levels of competition effectively accommodate the interests and abilities of members of both sexes;
2.The provision of equipment and supplies;
3.Scheduling of games and practice time;
4.Travel and per diem allowance;
5.Opportunity to receive coaching and academic tutoring on mathematics only;
6.Assignment and compensation of coaches and tutors;
7.Provision of locker rooms, practice and competitive facilities;
8.Provision of medical and training facilities and services;
9.Provision of housing and dining facilities and services;
10.Publicity.

Specifically, look at point #7 . . .
This is what the WIAA must overcome when moving the girls to Green Bay.
If you are one who is saying the Kohl center is a better facility than the Resch Center, then we have a problem.
Question is . . . Do we?

Remember . . . "All things being equal"!
Recall the discussions:
a) Move both Boys & Girls to Green Bay
b) Move girls season to start before boys
c) Keep both boys & girls in Madison, but adjust to Madison's schedule.
These were just some of the issues . . .
So, now that AD's have set schedules, the WIAA wants AD's to start over again scheduling conference games, non-conference games, avoiding conficts with other events, Re-scheduling Referee's, event workers, etc. etc.
Note that Title IX expressly forbids in-equality of (among other things) venue. Consider at your school the boys games getting scheduled in the "Big" gym vs. girls games being scheduled in the "Little" gym. This happened in the "70's. A few lawsuits later, that was changed.

The simple solution is to NOT make the schedule changes . . . simply switch where Boys and Girls are playing . . . remember . . . "All things being equal"

This really causes headaches for AD's. Now (as of today), the schedules flip-flop for Girls and Boys season. Boys start first and end first (start Nov.5) while Girls start second and end second (Nov 12). I thought the issue was to have the girls conclude their season first followed by the boys?
How about this? Girls play in Madison . . .and Boys play in Green Bay!
That way Girls Schedule starts first and ends first . . . yeah, that will never happen.
Did you see quotes from UW officials? They were really happy about keeping Boys in Madison . . . no one expressed sorry that the girls were leaving . . . just saying!