Increase in women s sports is not due to passage of Title IX

Union Leader ^ | June 25 2002 | Jonah Goldberg

[2Trievers]

LAST WEEKEND MARKED the 30th anniversary of Title IX and, hopefully, the end of me screaming at the TV.

As a policy geek and pundit, I

[ConsistentLibertarian]

"it’s absurd to credit it with a trend that preceded it". Bad argument. If participation in HS sports is in part a function of expectations about opportunities for athletic scholarships to college, then even the expectation of a law being passed is going to have an effect.

[ConsistentLibertarian]

"Saying that Z happened after Y doesn’t mean Y caused Z." Good point. It's just that people are selective about making it. Attributing the growth in the economy in the 80's to tax cuts is a case in point. Taxes were raised dramatically in 1993 and a dramatic period of growth followed.