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.
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Yet, you have mainly men to blame for football taking up all the men's sport dollars. It's not the radical feminists in the U.S. who would never be willing to give up their College Gameday. I'm one of the odd women that actually loves to watch college FB, but I'm in the vast minority. Instead of recognizing the real problem (mainly STODGY MEN who are not willing to recognize the value of more than one or two sports), you rant and rave about a legal attempt to justify years and years of inequality for women. Is the law perfect? No. It doesn't prevent greedy (mainly) MEN from abusing it for their own gains. Not Title IX's fault. Not a feminist issue. It's silly to argue otherwise, IMO.
AMEN!
I was in college when Title IX hit. There were several women who asked me if I would coach a women's track team at the school if they could get permission to organize it. (I had coached some intramural teams sucessfully, so I guess that was the "why me?" part.) We were repeatedly turned down because of budgetary reasons. (As I was told in a meeting: "This would impact the football team. (which sucked anyway) ) The radical things we were asking for were:
1) Time to use the indoor track
2) 5 or 6 t-shirts with the school's name on it as our "uniforms."
3) A few awards so we could have a very small invitational meet for women.
We did it all ourselves anyway - and the school took some undeserved credit for being so "foward-thinking" - and I've never sent a penny to them in alumni donations as a result.
Football is the 800 pound gorilla in the room. It MAY raise alot of money for a few schools (e.g. Penn State), but it's just a Viagra substitute for some of the AD's and alums at schools where it's a huge drain.
-LBJ
Yet, you have mainly men to blame for football taking up all the men's sport dollars. It's not the radical feminists in the U.S. who would never be willing to give up their College Gameday. I'm one of the odd women that actually loves to watch college FB, but I'm in the vast minority. Instead of recognizing the real problem (mainly STODGY MEN who are not willing to recognize the value of more than one or two sports), you rant and rave about a legal attempt to justify years and years of inequality for women. Is the law perfect? No. It doesn't prevent greedy (mainly) MEN from abusing it for their own gains. Not Title IX's fault. Not a feminist issue. It's silly to argue otherwise, IMO.
AMEN!
I was in college when Title IX hit. There were several women who asked me if I would coach a women's track team at the school if they could get permission to organize it. (I had coached some intramural teams sucessfully, so I guess that was the "why me?" part.) We were repeatedly turned down because of budgetary reasons. (As I was told in a meeting: "This would impact the football team. (which sucked anyway) ) The radical things we were asking for were:
1) Time to use the indoor track
2) 5 or 6 t-shirts with the school's name on it as our "uniforms."
3) A few awards so we could have a very small invitational meet for women.
We did it all ourselves anyway - and the school took some undeserved credit for being so "foward-thinking" - and I've never sent a penny to them in alumni donations as a result.
Football is the 800 pound gorilla in the room. It MAY raise alot of money for a few schools (e.g. Penn State), but it's just a Viagra substitute for some of the AD's and alums at schools where it's a huge drain.
-LBJ
