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More title IX garbage

Kurt Dickson
www.azcentral.com/.../20101111deer-valley-unified-school-district-title-IX-investigation.html 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.:)
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  • Kevin - Thanks for the post. The numbers presented are pretty revealing, at least from a swimming perspective. The problem is, that the article only elects to review swimming, and not the total number of all scholarships offered, which is part of the problem. People rail about the total opportunities, not just those within a given sport. And as long as football teams are as big as they are, this will continue to be an issue. Fair point that I just addressed swimming. We are a swimming family, and I was commenting in a swimming forum. Here are the latest NCAA stats for the number of teams, in sports which have both men's and women's programs: Basketball M - 1,030 W - 1,054 Bowling M - 1 W - 55 Cross Country M - 916 W - 996 Equestrian M - 3 W - 46 Fencing M - 34 W - 41 Golf M - 792 W - 543 Gymnastics M - 18 W - 84 Ice Hockey M - 139 W - 84 Lacrosse M - 247 W - 319 Rifle M - 30 W - 35 Rowing M - 63 W - 146 Rugby M - 1 W - 5 Skiing M - 38 W - 41 Soccer M - 777 W - 959 Squash M - 28 W - 28 Swimming/Diving M - 393 W - 510 Tennis M - 749 W - 900 Track, Indoor M - 593 W - 661 Track, Outdoor M - 701 W - 758 Volleyball M - 83 W - 1,015 Water Polo M - 42 W - 60 Surprising, huh?
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  • Kevin - Thanks for the post. The numbers presented are pretty revealing, at least from a swimming perspective. The problem is, that the article only elects to review swimming, and not the total number of all scholarships offered, which is part of the problem. People rail about the total opportunities, not just those within a given sport. And as long as football teams are as big as they are, this will continue to be an issue. Fair point that I just addressed swimming. We are a swimming family, and I was commenting in a swimming forum. Here are the latest NCAA stats for the number of teams, in sports which have both men's and women's programs: Basketball M - 1,030 W - 1,054 Bowling M - 1 W - 55 Cross Country M - 916 W - 996 Equestrian M - 3 W - 46 Fencing M - 34 W - 41 Golf M - 792 W - 543 Gymnastics M - 18 W - 84 Ice Hockey M - 139 W - 84 Lacrosse M - 247 W - 319 Rifle M - 30 W - 35 Rowing M - 63 W - 146 Rugby M - 1 W - 5 Skiing M - 38 W - 41 Soccer M - 777 W - 959 Squash M - 28 W - 28 Swimming/Diving M - 393 W - 510 Tennis M - 749 W - 900 Track, Indoor M - 593 W - 661 Track, Outdoor M - 701 W - 758 Volleyball M - 83 W - 1,015 Water Polo M - 42 W - 60 Surprising, huh?
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