Title IX under scrutiny and adversity
Dan Brown REPORTER
Issue date: 11/17/09 Section: Opinion
"No subdivision team makes money," Jacobs said. She believes bringing down the available scholarships and the inflated rosters for football at universities would help.
Biggs believes the hockey club is being held back by Title IX, but due to the high cost of playing, YSU isn't the only school forced to have a club team.
"A lot of big-time schools such as Penn State, West Virginia, Illinois, and Pittsburgh University all only have club teams," Biggs said.
Biggs added that since the emergence of Title IX, the American Collegiate Hockey Association Division I club level has been able to compete with NCAA sponsored schools in games and for recruits so the level of play seems to be rising. He also feels the university does a good job in supporting the team but realizes that the team would be better off being a part of the NCAA.
Title IX does not require universities to cut sports teams, it just seems to be the route many universities are taking. Some believe, including Biggs, that the rule isn't fair due to the numbers of male athletes compared to female athletes. In most cases women's sports aren't being added and collegiate sports teams are being cut to comply. What's certain is that sports that don't have the popularity of football and basketball are suffering and so are the athletes playing them.
Biggs believes the hockey club is being held back by Title IX, but due to the high cost of playing, YSU isn't the only school forced to have a club team.
"A lot of big-time schools such as Penn State, West Virginia, Illinois, and Pittsburgh University all only have club teams," Biggs said.
Biggs added that since the emergence of Title IX, the American Collegiate Hockey Association Division I club level has been able to compete with NCAA sponsored schools in games and for recruits so the level of play seems to be rising. He also feels the university does a good job in supporting the team but realizes that the team would be better off being a part of the NCAA.
Title IX does not require universities to cut sports teams, it just seems to be the route many universities are taking. Some believe, including Biggs, that the rule isn't fair due to the numbers of male athletes compared to female athletes. In most cases women's sports aren't being added and collegiate sports teams are being cut to comply. What's certain is that sports that don't have the popularity of football and basketball are suffering and so are the athletes playing them.
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jack dumas
posted 11/24/09 @ 4:26 PM EST
Elaine Jacobs, associate athletic director at Youngstown State University, said the blame shouldn't be placed on women or the rule but rather the athletic directors and presidents of universities who continue to allow out of control spending on men's basketball and football. (Continued…)
Demonspawn
posted 11/30/09 @ 6:55 PM EST
"There are three ways for universities to comply with Title IX."
The article forgot the forth way:
Make all sports gender-neutral and allow the "equal" women to compete with the men for spots on the team. (Continued…)
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