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The major problem for many colleges in this title IX numbers game is men's football and basketball pay the bills. Title IX has led to side effects There is more to the
troubles in college sports than the battle between the
Atlantic Coast Conference and the Big East. Title IX, the federal law that
was created to correct inequities that made women athletes victims,
has produced unintended consequences.
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On other college campuses, wrestling was dropped. So
was baseball, golf and that staple of Olympic development, track and
field. In a zany move, the University of Arizona tried to create a
women's rowing team, which isn't easy when you're located in Tucson
where there is a lot of sagebrush, cactus and sand, but very little
water. The Wildcats even advertised for scholarship applicants on
the Internet, assuring potential recruits that "no rowing experience
is necessary." Eventually cooler heads prevailed and Arizona has no
rowing team. One of the major problems for many colleges in this numbers game is that the sports that pay the bills are men's football and basketball. They draw the paying fans and are thus the revenue sports that fuel the college athletics engine. The NCAA has cut the number of basketball scholarships at its member schools, but football is pretty much the great untouchable. When the TV cameras focus on the football teams from schools such as Nebraska, Miami, Texas, Florida and Oklahoma as they prepare to dash out of their tunnel, it looks like the First Marine Division going on the attack. |
Currently, the NCAA scholarship limit for football is 85. The NFL
teams make do with 53 players, eight of whom are inactive for games.
Why couldn't colleges get along with 66 players, which is three full
offensive and defensive units? Throw in four specialists and it
would be 70.
Big-time coaches would fight it, since they want to be six deep
everywhere. But recruiting often gets down to signing those extra
linebackers or running backs just to keep them out of the hands of a
rival.
A reduction in scholarships would lead to more good games every
Saturday, with the talent spread to more colleges. The top 10
rankings might not include the same teams year after year. Schools
might not eliminate their minor but important sports. The nation's
Olympic development program might not be hurt.
Part 1
Women enjoy a distinct advantage over men in college athletics.
Part 2
Bakke
believed that his rejections were in direct violation of the Equal
Protection Clause of the 14th amendment.
Part 3
Football seems to be the
issue when dealing with scholarships. A school is permitted 85 scholarships
for football.
Part 4
When Title IX was created it was crafted with intent to make it easy for
schools to comply with its guidelines.
Part 5
For the
first time since 1968, the USA freestyle wrestlers failed to win a single
gold medal.
Part 6
Every
college is required to have a designated Title IX coordinator.
Part 7
Over 110,000
women participated in intercollegiate sports. Where as in 1971 just about
25,000 participated.
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