Federal Government Considers Major Changes to Enforcement of Title IX

Chronicle of Higher Education | 5/28/02 | WELCH SUGGS

[Right Wing Professor]

There is a direct link, but it's subscribers only.

It looks like very good news, especially if you're involved in any of the less popular men's sports.

[Paul Atreides]

"There are a whole bunch of soccer moms who are going to be a little upset,"

Well, boo-hoo! I'm sure they were going to vote for W anyway. I'm sick of hearing about soccer moms.

[Clemenza]

Boys who play soccer grow up to be flight attendants...

[Bahbah]

Oh goodness. Cover your ears. The shrieking is going to begin.

[let freedom sing]

No school I know of is looking for any loophole in order to erode the progress that has been made."

[smithson]

....They're hearing that they shouldn't be equal..."

Equality to soccer moms is that women should get special treatment.

I watched a foot race the other day. The first person got an award and money. The second thru the 13th (all men) didn't get anything. The 14th person, a woman, got an award and money. How could this be? Equality!?! The playing field was level from my point of view.

When I was in high school (pop. 3500) i was unable to get onto the Varsity soccer teem. I was faster and stronger then any of the women in my class or any other class for that matter. These same women can get college scolarships for their athletic abilities based on being a woman. Equality my a$$.

[pabianice]

Screech! Sexism! Racism! Free Huey!!

[remaininlight]

This one is a real vote getter. Nuke that title IX. Will make tons of soccer moms happy too see their college boys denied sports participation. Women are naturally less inclined to sports. It's a fact of life. To fund women's college sports equally to men's is absurd. Sorry to be harsh but it's almost a kind of stealth lesbianism.

I have heard that if a girl is good in soccer she is just about guaranteed a college scholarship. Title IX has a lot to do with sports scholarship money too. Not just fielding women's teams.

[remaininlight]

Will make tons of soccer moms happy WHO see their college boys denied sports participation.

[joebuck]

I wonder if the colleges could get around this by getting rid of the distinctions between "mens" and "womens" sports programs and just make all sports open to both and the best performers make the teams. I can't think of anything more "equal" than that. A pure meritocracy. How could the "equality" police object to this?

[goodnesswins]

OOOHHHH, boy.....this means we're sure to hear from Queen sHillary on this....a lot....idiot women (like my daughter-in-law who has 2 girls and 2 boys) don't get it - the "math" is too hard for them to figure out.....

[dozer7]

"There are a whole bunch of soccer moms who are going to be a little upset," said Donna A. Lopiano, director of the Women's Sports Foundation. "This generation of women, for the first time, they're hearing that they shouldn't be equal -- that's going to be the message. I don't think that's going to resonate.

In 68 I had scholorships in mens gymnastics, hey the war intervened but today there are none for mens gymnastics. Do these socker moms not have sons. Now they compete in the marine corps. Hey mom get a life. REGARDS

[Kevin Curry]

Had Gore won the election the administration would now be requiring schools to achieve parity in gay, lesbian, and transgendered sports.

[joathome]

I agree. More soccer moms are concerned about their boys' opportunities than their daughters. It's the right thing to do, and I don't think any longlasting damage will be done as for as "voters" are concerned.

[sarasmom]

What, exactly ,does Scholarship have to do with Sports?

I notice a whole lot of people buying into college degrees which have little to do with aquired knowledge, and more to to with "sports".

Higher education in this country has been hi-jacked since "education" deferrals got wealthy students out of the draft in the 60s & 70s.Now, all those highly educated idiots are in the government.

Folks, higher education in this country is a major business.I see no evidence of it improving society.To the contrary, I see many degree holders who should be pumping gas based on the level of mental dexterity they attained at our universities.

Sports are fun, big money opportunities, but not really related to the attainment of "higher education". If professional football wants to pay for a students degree, then let them pay. Don't let entertainment industries totally destroy education.Especially on my dime!

[Nonstatist]

What, exactly ,does Scholarship have to do with Sports?

What does scholarship have to do with theater, dance, cooking, women's studies, ethnic studies, etcetera? Colleges have always had athletics; are you also saying why learn about the ancient Greeks; it won't help you get a job?

BTW, this whole contentious issue is about how EXTREMELY IMPORTANT athletics are to females, for their social, emotional, and physical development. You won't find many allies in the feminist movement (or anywhere else), for removing athletics from college curriculum.

[Nonstatist]

"There are a whole bunch of soccer moms who are going to be a little upset," said Donna A. Lopiano, ... "This generation of women, for the first time, they're hearing that they shouldn't be equal -- that's going to be the message. I don't think that's going to resonate."

The feminazi quota queens are going to use this like a baseball bat, to demagogue and batter Bush and Reynolds over the head with. Of course, the key to their success will be the level of ignorance the American public has over what exactly Title IX is, and what its enforcement does.

I notice Nat Review, and now George Will in Newsweak have addressed this problem. This is the perfect place to draw a line in the sand, against quotas. The next goal for the lesbian femisists is quotas in the classroom; ie. " Theres too many men in Engineering !!", and so on. If Gore was President, thats exactly what we would be reading about, now. IMO.

[Right Wing Professor]

I have heard that if a girl is good in soccer she is just about guaranteed a college scholarship. Title IX has a lot to do with sports scholarship money too. Not just fielding women's teams.

It's even worse than that. When my university decided to put together a women's soccer program, they used scholarship money to recruit 'student-athletes' (read: ringers) from Canada, South Africa and elsewhere. This was with money earned by the football program, and transferred from other sports, such as men's wrestling, which catered to local Midwestern athletes.

[remaininlight]

It's worse than I thought. Sometimes the women sports scholarship money isn't even going to Americans. Thanks much sir.

[hchutch]

I bet you won't find many of the "Bush is a sellout" crowd here to admit heis doing the right thing. The fact is, a lot of college alumni will be happy, and so will a good portion of the soccer moms, but that's icing on the cake since we are pretty much ending the destruction of a fair number of men's sports.