I’m so glad to read this! I knew Dr. Kane was on the board but did not realize you are as well. I am very excited about this whole thing and wish they had more information up already. I used the initial facebook page and video clip from the retreat for discussion 2 weeks ago. My students really want more information, which is great. It was one of the best discussions we’ve had all year in all 3 sections. Many seemed concerned that this will let ESPN off the hook from having to cover women’s sports at all. I am hopeful but also concerned that if it does not do well for some reason that then ESPN will say “well, we tried” and use this as an excuse of some sort. But, given the current information on the facebook page it looks like there are enough strong women involved to make this work well – I’m glad to hear both directors of the Tucker Center are at the forefront! Do you have any idea why there is not info about this on the main ESPN website? I did a quick search and came up with nothing. Also, I noticed that the Womens Sports Foundation does not have much on their site about it yet either, even though I know Billie Jean King was a key person in getting this started. Any idea what’s going on there?

Thanks for posting your thoughts! I can’t wait to share those as an update for my class!

I happen to be a black man in my mid-30s (without children YET), so I wasn’t in anyway mentioned in Dr. Lavoi’s initial post, and that’s fine. I’ll just enjoy the gradual progression of women for when my daughter needs it while also continuing to see women’s athletics raise the collective self-esteem, regard and honor of all of us, even those who don’t even give a single thought or care to it…