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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.:)
As I was driving to the Long Beach pool to warm up before swimming in the meet tomorrow,I turned on a sports talk show where they asked the question"which is the more corrupt organization,the NCAA or the mafia." they decided it was the mafia,but that the NCAA was more corrupt than the Bloods and the Crips.That is a silly conversation,but it emphasizes a point I have made before about the NCAA. The NCAA doesn't really care about athletes,it cares about money and power,It certainly doesn't really care about swimming,either men's or women's.Any real change in opportunities for swimmers are going to have to come from elsewhere.I wonder if swimmers and swim parents and interested others(and the USOC) couldn't start a trust fund for scholarships for swimmers.
As I was driving to the Long Beach pool to warm up before swimming in the meet tomorrow,I turned on a sports talk show where they asked the question"which is the more corrupt organization,the NCAA or the mafia." they decided it was the mafia,but that the NCAA was more corrupt than the Bloods and the Crips.That is a silly conversation,but it emphasizes a point I have made before about the NCAA. The NCAA doesn't really care about athletes,it cares about money and power,It certainly doesn't really care about swimming,either men's or women's.Any real change in opportunities for swimmers are going to have to come from elsewhere.I wonder if swimmers and swim parents and interested others(and the USOC) couldn't start a trust fund for scholarships for swimmers.
