[FatherofFive]

but if boys then play on girls teams, it is "unfair"?

Yes, it is unfair. Girls are simply not as strong as boys. In sports, you 'play up' if you can compete at a higher level. Playing down is lame.

[LearsFool]

Girls are simply not as strong as boys...Playing down is lame.

Worse, it's unmanly.

Here's hoping these young men learn to be MEN despite what women say and do.

[Utilizer]

In sports, you 'play up' if you can compete at a higher level.

Of course. That would be why in coed sports in our educational establishments we were always told to "go easy" on the girls, and "give them a chance to score".

Couldn't knock them down because they might get hurt, and couldn't outscore them too badly (if we were allowed to win) because it would make them feel bad.

With a hoop one foot lower to make it fairer for them.

Crikey! THAT's 'playing up', alrighty!

[Utilizer]

Hmmm. So deciding that due to budgetary constraints the school decided to fund the GIRLS sports while dropping the BOYS sports. There being only one team now (the girls) the only way the boys could play was by joining the girls teams. AFTER it was determined that they would not play TOO HARD against the girls.

If the school had dropped the girls sports instead, not only would the feminists be yowling about how "unfair" and "sexist" such a decision was, they would also be demanding that the girls be given spots on the boys teams so that they could be allowed to play as well. Never mind that it would have taken spots away from more qualified boys on the teams.

Apparently some people have no problem with this concept...

[Leaning Right]

Playing down is lame.

Yes, but the school here had enough money to field a girls volleyball team, but not enough money to field a boys volleyball team. What's the deal with that?

So in this case the boys did the only reasonable thing. They wanted to play volleyball, so they joined the only team available.

[Hot Tabasco]

Yes, it is unfair. Girls are simply not as strong as boys. In sports, you 'play up' if you can compete at a higher level. Playing down is lame.

Excellent post, you "play up", not down.....

Title IX was essential to allow girls the same opportunities in sports and subsequent college scholarships as boys have always had.

I have several friends whose daughters received college athletic scholarships, two for volleyball and another for softball, that would never have happened prior to IX.........

It's unfortunate for these two boys that their school couldn't field a boys volleball team but that's the way it goes.