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Huff Post Link"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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Huff Post Link"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."
It almost seems like the people who wrote this article, and the people behind Title IX, have an anti-football agenda.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.
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.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.
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? :sarcasmIt almost seems like the people who wrote this article, and the people behind Title IX, have an anti-football agenda.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.