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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.:)
...Patrick, are you suggesting a task force (with my tax money) to look at ways to "encourage" women to play sports ...Absolutely not. What I was suggesting was that, if this National Women's Law Center really cared about female participation in sports, they'd first try to understand why participation isn't where they think or want it to be and then they, with their money, would fund programs to increase participation. I recognize they are lawyers, so suing is what they do, but I don't think that suing is going to increase participation; to me, it's an ineffective use of resources and makes me wonder what their real goal is.
...Patrick, are you suggesting a task force (with my tax money) to look at ways to "encourage" women to play sports ...Absolutely not. What I was suggesting was that, if this National Women's Law Center really cared about female participation in sports, they'd first try to understand why participation isn't where they think or want it to be and then they, with their money, would fund programs to increase participation. I recognize they are lawyers, so suing is what they do, but I don't think that suing is going to increase participation; to me, it's an ineffective use of resources and makes me wonder what their real goal is.
