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.
I just don't get the argument 'if you take out football, men are being shortchanged'
Here's some basic math, schools are CHOOSING to continue football scholarships at such a high percentage % of overall men's total. How is that the fault of Title IX?
Isn't the basic premise of Title IX to provide equal opportunity between men and women? So if there are a total of 130 (just an example) athletic scholarship opportunities for each sex, and 85 (just an example) are used on the men side for football, then gee, that only leaves 45 for every other men's sport. And if football takes up such a large chunk of a school's budget for men's sports, then it's no suprise that other sports are getting squeezed out.
Again, what I am missing? How is it the fault of Title IX that schools CHOOSE to put such a high percentage into football? Should there be an exclusion for football? Then the equal opportuinity check kinda fails.
It seems like this question is being intentionally ignored...
I just don't get the argument 'if you take out football, men are being shortchanged'
Here's some basic math, schools are CHOOSING to continue football scholarships at such a high percentage % of overall men's total. How is that the fault of Title IX?
Isn't the basic premise of Title IX to provide equal opportunity between men and women? So if there are a total of 130 (just an example) athletic scholarship opportunities for each sex, and 85 (just an example) are used on the men side for football, then gee, that only leaves 45 for every other men's sport. And if football takes up such a large chunk of a school's budget for men's sports, then it's no suprise that other sports are getting squeezed out.
Again, what I am missing? How is it the fault of Title IX that schools CHOOSE to put such a high percentage into football? Should there be an exclusion for football? Then the equal opportuinity check kinda fails.
It seems like this question is being intentionally ignored...
