Hurt Girls (NTTimes on another downside to Title IX)
Former Member
Anyone catch the NY Times Sunday Magazine Article "Hurt Girls" two weeks ago which posited the politically incorrect fact that female athletes propelled by Title IX are ending up as physical wrecks by the time they are young adults? Dealing mostly with girls in soccer, lacrosse, and basketball, there were some hard figures showing, for example, that female athletes in soccer get ACT tears at five times the rate of males. (As expected, swimming did not come up as a source of injury). Most of the letters published this week in response were the reflexive defense of Title IX by the Title IX athletic establishment.
now anathema to Athletic Directors because walk ons upset the Tiitle IX balance.
Not if they are female.
No question injuries in sports are a serious issue. Even more so when you consider other sports such as figure skating and gymnastics where the top competitors are not competing collegiately. For example Tara Lipinski probably never skated injury free after the age of 15 and there are plenty of other examples of skaters needing hip replacements in their teens or early twenties.
now anathema to Athletic Directors because walk ons upset the Tiitle IX balance.
Not if they are female.
No question injuries in sports are a serious issue. Even more so when you consider other sports such as figure skating and gymnastics where the top competitors are not competing collegiately. For example Tara Lipinski probably never skated injury free after the age of 15 and there are plenty of other examples of skaters needing hip replacements in their teens or early twenties.
