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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.:)
Are they more deserving than a male athlete who has been training his entire life?
Perhaps, though, they are more deserving than the men taking up 80 football scholarships, many of whom sit on the bench or might not even graduate. Football is what needs to be fixed, not eliminating women's programs. Plus, I can see "lack of competitiveness" as a frequently invoked excuse to get rid of inconvenient women's programs ... I agree with Amy, Allen, Chris' posts on this topic.
Chris, I understand women's basketball is alive and well. But do women playing basketball receive the same number/amount of scholarships as men playing basketball?
Are they more deserving than a male athlete who has been training his entire life?
Perhaps, though, they are more deserving than the men taking up 80 football scholarships, many of whom sit on the bench or might not even graduate. Football is what needs to be fixed, not eliminating women's programs. Plus, I can see "lack of competitiveness" as a frequently invoked excuse to get rid of inconvenient women's programs ... I agree with Amy, Allen, Chris' posts on this topic.
Chris, I understand women's basketball is alive and well. But do women playing basketball receive the same number/amount of scholarships as men playing basketball?
