Let's keep cutting men's sports. Hey.... it's the economy now, not Title IX.
I find this reasoning amusing.
John Smith
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NCAA's Brand: Don't fault Title IX for Future Cuts
Author: ASA News
Blog URL: allstudentathletes.com/.../ncaabrandtitleix
Description:
Brand expects some schools to drop men's teams in coming months because
of the economic downturn. He is urging them in advance to cite the
economy, not the law that bans sex discrimination at schools receiving
federal funds.
In conception, Title IX was a good thing – equal opportunity for men and women. Who could be against that? But remove football from the equation and men are now the under-represented sex. It's men who are being discriminated against."
I read your article Paul and I have several issues with it. I do agree with most of his assessment about how ADs use Title IX so they don't have to be accountable. I think his assertions that ADs and administrators are unethical and rigid in their thinking is dead on, but his conclusion (quoted above) completely shrouds the rest of his argument. If you're studying the ratio of men to women in collegiate athletics, you can't simply throw out the single largest population of male participants with no basis (just for Chris, I don't think it meets Chauvenet's Criterion).
In a bizarre twist, Bradley University in Peoria (private, Div 1, no football program but an awesome BB show)
Not related to swimming at all, but one of my alma mater's (University of New Mexico) brightest basketball stars (I'm sure there's room for argument about that) came from Bradley. Danny Granger! He single-handedly carried the Lobos to the tournament in 2005!
In conception, Title IX was a good thing – equal opportunity for men and women. Who could be against that? But remove football from the equation and men are now the under-represented sex. It's men who are being discriminated against."
I read your article Paul and I have several issues with it. I do agree with most of his assessment about how ADs use Title IX so they don't have to be accountable. I think his assertions that ADs and administrators are unethical and rigid in their thinking is dead on, but his conclusion (quoted above) completely shrouds the rest of his argument. If you're studying the ratio of men to women in collegiate athletics, you can't simply throw out the single largest population of male participants with no basis (just for Chris, I don't think it meets Chauvenet's Criterion).
In a bizarre twist, Bradley University in Peoria (private, Div 1, no football program but an awesome BB show)
Not related to swimming at all, but one of my alma mater's (University of New Mexico) brightest basketball stars (I'm sure there's room for argument about that) came from Bradley. Danny Granger! He single-handedly carried the Lobos to the tournament in 2005!
