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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.:)
Nothing. My daughter swam Div III and loved it. She did, however, have an academic scholarship.
However, your idea is wonderfully altruistic, and in the money sports that draw huge gates ($$$) like football and basketball, the scholarship schools want the best players, not the best scholars.
Yep. Pie in the sky. No way to dismantle the "money sport" machine. I'd still favor cutting scholarships down to those sports and then giving an equal number of scholarships for women and saving the rest of the scholarship cash just to keep more sports afloat.
Nothing. My daughter swam Div III and loved it. She did, however, have an academic scholarship.
However, your idea is wonderfully altruistic, and in the money sports that draw huge gates ($$$) like football and basketball, the scholarship schools want the best players, not the best scholars.
Yep. Pie in the sky. No way to dismantle the "money sport" machine. I'd still favor cutting scholarships down to those sports and then giving an equal number of scholarships for women and saving the rest of the scholarship cash just to keep more sports afloat.
