Title IX Killing Wrestling

http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/1997/03/03-28-97tdc/03-28-97d03-017.htm ^ | Friday, March 28, 1997 | KRISTA HAWLEY

[Brookhaven]

This is an older article, but everything it says is still occuring, only to a greater extent. Colleges contiune to eliminaet male sports (with wrestling being the hardest hit) to acheive gender equity.

Wrestling is one of the oldest sports in the world. There are participants in every country in the world. It is a shame to see it being slowly eliminated in the United States.

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[A Vast RightWing Conspirator]

Holy sweaty trunks!!!!

Does it mean that we are going to be stuck with Jimmy Snuka Superfly for the rest of this century??? No chance to train a replacement for the Macho Man?

[longtermmemmory]

60 minutes had a news story on this. They are giving away non-merit, non-need scholarships for women's rowing. The lawyer they had was a wacko from one of the tow NEW law schools in Florida. She basically said "tough".

The feminists are elated at this outcome. It also kills off many young men's simple ability to GOTO college.

Title IX is a quota game PERIOD.

[dead]

"In order to accomplish what is supposedly gender equity, it's very easy to cut men's sports," Michigan State wrestling coach Tom Minkel said. "Administrators are taking the easy way. It's a good law that's being applied poorly."

What an idiot. He’s watching the law destroy the sport he’s made a career out of, but he’s still so mamby-pamby and indoctrinated, he feels compelled to mutter “It’s a good law.”

It’s a very shitty law, Tom. Grow some balls.

[KarlInOhio]

Does it mean that we are going to be stuck with Jimmy Snuka Superfly for the rest of this century??? No chance to train a replacement for the Macho Man?

Maybe they can get wrestling put under the political science department instead of the althletic department?

[dennisw]

Title IX is a stinking pile of crap. Should be reversed. No way do women care about sports as much as men. It goes against human nature except in the minds of lesbos and feminazis.

[Constitution Day]

But because many schools are under pressure to comply with Title IX, wrestling is a prime target of athletic administrators. That is mostly because there is no comparable women's sport to balance the ratio of female/male athletes.

No comparable women's sport?
How about Jell-O wrestling?? Huh??

[fishtank]

No, it means that we won't be replacing a Dan Gable or a Cale Sanderson ---- if you even know who they are.

[Brookhaven]

No chance to train a replacement for the Macho Man?

Pro-wraslers couldn't wrestle themselves out of a paper bag. Most would be totaly lost in a real match.

Amateur wrestling is a lot different. It is a real sport with real athletes. I played football, basketball, some soccer, and wrestled. Wrestling was, by far, the most physically demanding of any of those sports.

[Weimdog]

State supported colleges and universities have no bussines in supporting sports programs period.

If an athlete wants to compete in collegiate sports, go to a private college.

NO SPORTS ON MY DIME!

[jwalburg]

Good riddence

[Brookhaven]

No way do women care about sports as much as men.

That's why a number of schools have designated cheerleading as a competetive sport.

Next time you watch a college game, remember that several of the cheerleaders are probably there on full athletic scholarships.

[drjimmy]

Next time you watch a college game, remember that several of the cheerleaders are probably there on full athletic scholarships.
As are maybe a couple dozen guys sitting on the bench who never once get in the game.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

I'll never understand why collegiate female wrestling isn't promoted into an event that pays for every athletic endeavor on campus. Hell, let me start up a program, select the team, select their uniforms (there wouldn't be much) and do the choreography, and I'd have a program that would pretty much pay all the bills.

Dubya, you and Hobbes can run the camera.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

You are included below in my camera crew.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

And come to think of it, as to my method of doing the job female wrestling coordinator, just think of Tim Curry in "Scary Movie 2". Heheh.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Pro-wraslers couldn't wrestle themselves out of a paper bag. Most would be totaly lost in a real match.

Too true. Although, when I was a younger man, and watched that trash, I did see Tony Garrea execute a sit-out/turn-in while on all fours in an old WWF match back in the '70's. It was very sloppy and he failed to reverse his opponent, but the move was unmistakable.

Another big beef I have is that no matter who covers the Olympics, televised coverage of the best athletes in the world is comprised of approximately 15 minutes of one or two matches spread over 2 weeks of sport. I mean, if it wasn't for wrestling...there would be no Olympics!

[ml/nj]

Title IX

Brought to you by Richard Nixon.

ML/NJ

[tophat9000]

Maybe it time to end separate male and female sports ... lets end male only or female only sports program and let the bests play...