Univ. of New Hampshire is getting rid of its women's rowing. The official line is that it has to get rid of some sports so that it can get into compliance with Title IX. Really is that it is doing a big budget cut. I wonder if this is the first women's team to be axed becasue of Title IX.
I don't understand how Title IX can possibly be used for what seems to me to be a really cheap blow to many girls. Rowing is a somewhat expensive sport, lots of coaches, lots of equipment.
Craiglll:
Are you sure about this. I just went to the website at www.unhwildcats.com/.../ and didn't see anything about how they are going to drop the sport because of Title IX. However, I did see that the Women had 14 sports and the Men had 10 sports. The women had Rowing, Field Hockey, Gymnastics, and Lacrosse as the additional sports over the Men.
Here is an interesting article that explains what happens with Title IX. www.mens-network.org/titleix.html
Craiglll:
Are you sure about this. I just went to the website at www.unhwildcats.com/.../ and didn't see anything about how they are going to drop the sport because of Title IX. However, I did see that the Women had 14 sports and the Men had 10 sports. The women had Rowing, Field Hockey, Gymnastics, and Lacrosse as the additional sports over the Men.
Here is an interesting article that explains what happens with Title IX. www.mens-network.org/titleix.html
