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Why do we continue to point to lower participating numbers of women in sports to justify the assertion that society is persecuting women? I was a part of a state high school championship team in Colorado and we never cut anybody. My daughters' teams in this very school (Deer Valley) district were regional champions 11 years running. Nobody on their teams got cut. I would assert that the opportunities are there even with the good teams/schools. Is it possible that overall less women are interested in sports? Badminton would put us in compliance??? Swell.
And for what it's worth, I think Hogshead got touched out in the 84 Olympics.
Fort, it's been awhile, please educate me again.:)
I believe there was good intent behind Title IX. Unfortunately, it has turned into a sham that forces schools to prop up women's programs (that are sometimes non-competitive) often at the expense of men's programs. In a perfect world, everyone would have an opportunity to participate, but that's never going to happen. My alma mater was one example of this situation. We had numerous girls on our team with full rides who were not dedicated to the sport. I won't go into details, but I'm sure you can figure out what I mean by that. Are they more deserving than a male athlete who has been training his entire life? Absolutely not. Requiring hard quotas for schools is absurd...the NCAA needs to be more realistic in doing a case by case basis. If a particular school has offered opportunities for women that consistently fail short of being competitive within their conference, the NCAA should accept that and allow the program to be dropped in favor of another (men's) sport. Or put pressure on the AD to suggest a coaching change if that's the possible problem. In the case of my school, we had the same coach for both men and women. The women were consistently at the bottom of the conference and the men consistently in the top third.
I believe there was good intent behind Title IX. Unfortunately, it has turned into a sham that forces schools to prop up women's programs (that are sometimes non-competitive) often at the expense of men's programs. In a perfect world, everyone would have an opportunity to participate, but that's never going to happen. My alma mater was one example of this situation. We had numerous girls on our team with full rides who were not dedicated to the sport. I won't go into details, but I'm sure you can figure out what I mean by that. Are they more deserving than a male athlete who has been training his entire life? Absolutely not. Requiring hard quotas for schools is absurd...the NCAA needs to be more realistic in doing a case by case basis. If a particular school has offered opportunities for women that consistently fail short of being competitive within their conference, the NCAA should accept that and allow the program to be dropped in favor of another (men's) sport. Or put pressure on the AD to suggest a coaching change if that's the possible problem. In the case of my school, we had the same coach for both men and women. The women were consistently at the bottom of the conference and the men consistently in the top third.
