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.
Not to knock where you swam as I know it has always been ranked pretty far up, but I don't think it mere coincidence that one of the best conferences in football, the SEC, is also one of the best conferences for women's swimming.
My son is 9 now and will never have the build of a football player. I'd like to think that when he applies to colleges, if he has excelled in a non-football sport in high school, he will have as much opportunity to play his sport in college as a woman. That is my main concern.
When my mother was in college, she swam with the guy's team. If she wanted to swim in competition, she swam with her club team. Was that fair? No! My mother just accepted it and enjoyed socializing with her team mates on both teams. Perhaps we have come full circle and it will now be the male swimmers that will be doing this. Again, is that fair? I think not, so I don't blame them for being upset.
It is wrong to blame it on Title IX. Something does need to change, however, to balance things out. What concerns me though is that anybody that wants to change the status quo will be viewed as anti-Title IX or anti-athletics for women.
Not to knock where you swam as I know it has always been ranked pretty far up, but I don't think it mere coincidence that one of the best conferences in football, the SEC, is also one of the best conferences for women's swimming.
My son is 9 now and will never have the build of a football player. I'd like to think that when he applies to colleges, if he has excelled in a non-football sport in high school, he will have as much opportunity to play his sport in college as a woman. That is my main concern.
When my mother was in college, she swam with the guy's team. If she wanted to swim in competition, she swam with her club team. Was that fair? No! My mother just accepted it and enjoyed socializing with her team mates on both teams. Perhaps we have come full circle and it will now be the male swimmers that will be doing this. Again, is that fair? I think not, so I don't blame them for being upset.
It is wrong to blame it on Title IX. Something does need to change, however, to balance things out. What concerns me though is that anybody that wants to change the status quo will be viewed as anti-Title IX or anti-athletics for women.
