Colleges Lie About Title IX Compliance: Report

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"Many Division I schools are distorting the number of students participating in sports so they can comply with Title IX, The New York Times reported Tuesday."

 

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Classic!

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Instead of putting money into new women's teams or trimming the rosters of football, which can have 111 players, some schools are engaging in "roster management," the Times said. Shrinking budgets can prompt such an approach.

 

"It's easier to add more people on a roster than it is to start a new sport," said Jake Crouthamel, a former Syracuse athletic director.

 

It almost seems like the people who wrote this article, and the people behind Title IX, have an anti-football agenda.

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The thing is, men and women don't have equal athletic abilities. That's probably the main reason why men's sports tend to be more popular than women's sports.

 

This is a prime example of why our country is a mess right now. Our legislators can take on any aspect of society and f**k it up with a routine roll call vote.

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The thing is, men and women don't have equal athletic abilities. That's probably the main reason why men's sports tend to be more popular than women's sports.

 

That's probably part of it, but I'm convinced another factor is that women aren't equally interested in sports. From a very young age boys in general tend to be more physical while girls are more cerebral. Everyone knows exceptions, but for the most part on a typical grade school playground you're going to see more boys doing "sporting" things and more girls doing social things. It's how we're wired.

 

Title IX says that all people, male and female, have an equal interest in sports. I do not believe this is true. The intent of Title IX should not have been to rigidly force equal numbers of girls into sports with boys, but to allow every girl who wants to compete at college-level athletics (and has the ability) to compete. That would better serve everyone, not this mess we have now.

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Instead of putting money into new women's teams or trimming the rosters of football, which can have 111 players, some schools are engaging in "roster management," the Times said. Shrinking budgets can prompt such an approach.

 

"It's easier to add more people on a roster than it is to start a new sport," said Jake Crouthamel, a former Syracuse athletic director.

 

It almost seems like the people who wrote this article, and the people behind Title IX, have an anti-football agenda.

Many of the most rabid Title IX proponents have been very anti-football in the past. I mean how can a school support such a barbaric activity?