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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.:)
Devil's advocate (and probably dumb) questions for everybody: why do colleges even give out scolarships for sports like swimming? How does it improve the academic or even athletic environment (see below for more on this)? Why do we think our kids have the right to go to college for free if they excel at a sport?
So what if it impacts our ability to compete internationally? Why should colleges have to front the cost of that? Why should taxpayers, who partially fund colleges, have to pay for that? Why should people who actually have to pay to go to the schools pay for that?
Don't get me wrong--I totally see the value of athletics as part of a complete collegiate experience. But you don't need to give away free scholarships to make that happen. Maybe if they stopped giving everyone free scholarships, more schools could afford to keep their swimming programs.
Keep the opportunities--kill the scholarships? What's wrong with the D.III model?
Devil's advocate (and probably dumb) questions for everybody: why do colleges even give out scolarships for sports like swimming? How does it improve the academic or even athletic environment (see below for more on this)? Why do we think our kids have the right to go to college for free if they excel at a sport?
So what if it impacts our ability to compete internationally? Why should colleges have to front the cost of that? Why should taxpayers, who partially fund colleges, have to pay for that? Why should people who actually have to pay to go to the schools pay for that?
Don't get me wrong--I totally see the value of athletics as part of a complete collegiate experience. But you don't need to give away free scholarships to make that happen. Maybe if they stopped giving everyone free scholarships, more schools could afford to keep their swimming programs.
Keep the opportunities--kill the scholarships? What's wrong with the D.III model?
