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.
Invoking Title IX is a red herring, to me anyway. Kind of like how ASU is hiding behind it for their recent decision. knelson is right about the issue with injuries. I've known two teen girls with major ACL tears. However, Real Sports on HBO recently profiled the huge damage to teen arms from baseball. I think parents go crazy, and baseball, soccer and gymnastics parents are about super loco to begin with.
Invoking Title IX is a red herring, to me anyway. Kind of like how ASU is hiding behind it for their recent decision. knelson is right about the issue with injuries. I've known two teen girls with major ACL tears. However, Real Sports on HBO recently profiled the huge damage to teen arms from baseball. I think parents go crazy, and baseball, soccer and gymnastics parents are about super loco to begin with.
