[Conservateacher]

I watched a title ix debate on tv where a crew coach in the midwest said he went to the school cafeteria and watched the "large" women eat. Those who ate heartily were offered the chance to go to his weight room where if they could row for ten minutes they could get a scolarship. My son had the second highest all-time batting average in a fairly large city. Not a bad catcher either. He got virtually no offers because there simply aren't any baseball teams any more. Rowing might be a "good" sport but if girls who have never seen an oar can get a scolarship......?

[Conservateacher]

scholarship!~!!!!!

[LouD]

I've heard the same thing - I'm planning on teaching my girls to row for that reason.

But you are correct, it's not fair to boys - And a lot of boys have had the rugs pulled out from under them after training in a sport for years, like baseball or wrestling, only to find that it's be cancelled.

As I understand it, and as someone already posted, the problem is football, even though the football program in most schools makes money.