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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostFast forward video to 2:55pm for the overwhelming evidence about women's interest in sports.
There are several separate questions here, being conflated.
1) Are women athletes as "good" as men?
2) Is women's sports as popular as men's sports?
3) Should federally-funded universities provide similar opportunities for female student-athletes are male student-athletes?
Basic physiology suggests the answer to #1 is no--HS boys teams can and do beat elite women's teams all the time. And there's plenty of evidence that the answer to #2 is "no"--men's pro soccer is a huge business, women's pro soccer is not.
But neither of those, necessarily, imply that Title IX ought to be rescinded, at least as far as athletics go. There is (or may be) social value in providing such opportunities, even if the women who compete aren't ever likely to play in front of 70,000 screaming fans at the Benz. Most male college athletes aren't going pro, either.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostEditorials are not evidence.There are several separate questions here, being conflated.
1) Are women athletes as "good" as men?
2) Is women's sports as popular as men's sports?
3) Should federally-funded universities provide similar opportunities for female student-athletes are male student-athletes?
Basic physiology suggests the answer to #1 is no--HS boys teams can and do beat elite women's teams all the time. And there's plenty of evidence that the answer to #2 is "no"--men's pro soccer is a huge business, women's pro soccer is not.
But neither of those, necessarily, imply that Title IX ought to be rescinded, at least as far as athletics go. There is (or may be) social value in providing such opportunities, even if the women who compete aren't ever likely to play in front of 70,000 screaming fans at the Benz. Most male college athletes aren't going pro, either.
You miss the facts, being stuck in your entitlement haze.
(Fact) Men's Collegiate Sports get cut due to title ix.
Since you don't seem to address this fact (ever), one can only assume, you really could care less.
Making you certainly the most enlightened fruit on the tree, truly a real peach, I must say.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostI like your theory that women aren't equals in sport to men, that's quite a discovery. Thanks for sharing that. Brilliant stuff.
You miss the facts, being stuck in your entitlement haze.
(Fact) Men's Collegiate Sports get cut due to title ix.
Since you don't seem to address this fact (ever), one can only assume, you really could care less.
Making you certainly the most enlightened fruit on the tree, truly a real peach, I must say.
I'm certain that certain athletic directors, given their preference, would spend every last dime on men's football and hoops, and everything else would be an intramural sport. But they don't get to do that.
Sorry if that makes you Trumpite snowflakes unhappy, that those you consider "losers" get a piece of the pie too.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostPart of fairness involves taking from those who have too much, and giving to those who have too little.
I'm certain that certain athletic directors, given their preference, would spend every last dime on men's football and hoops, and everything else would be an intramural sport. But they don't get to do that.
Sorry if that makes you Trumpite snowflakes unhappy, that those you consider "losers" get a piece of the pie too.
Both examples had very little and Title IX took it all away from both.
Sorry if you want to avoid the facts and recite your bedtime stories best suited for offspring kids about; losers, trump & snowflakes. Shutting your PieHole and listening might lead to a peachy enlightment
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Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
"All studies reflect the interest to play sports for women is significantly less than men."
All studies? Cite them.
No matter how much the Title IX activists and government officials want to pretend otherwise, the sexes are different. Overall, women care far less about athletics, both as participants and spectators. Sports Illustrated for Women, first published in 2000, was marketed to females between the ages of 18 and 34 with a “passion for sports.” The magazine lasted less than two years. The Women’s United Soccer Association and the American Basketball League were supposed to appeal to this same passionate demographic: Both folded after a few seasons. There is no call for magazines such as Vogue, Allure and Cosmopolitan, or websites like Jezebel, to include stories about draft picks, photographs of awesome plays and up-to-date information about fantasy teams and brackets.
http://time.com/2912420/titleix-anniversary/ Source
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostWrestling never had too much. Gymnastics never had too much.
Both examples had very little and Title IX took it all away from both.
Sorry if you want to avoid the facts and recite your bedtime stories best suited for offspring kids about; losers, trump & snowflakes. Shutting your PieHole and listening might lead to a peachy enlightment
Perhaps colleges should get out of the professional sports business altogether?
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostPerhaps it's the football team that is starving men's wrestling and gymnastics?
Perhaps colleges should get out of the professional sports business altogether?
Never makes any sense why colleges give athletic aid. Let' be like the rest of the globe and separate sport and education. Would be refreshing.
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Thank you men’s football and basketball for bringing in enough revenue to help fund all sorts of other sports for both men and women. Athletic boys wanting scholarships should pick a popular American sport like men’s football or basketball.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThank you men’s football and basketball for bringing in enough revenue to help fund all sorts of other sports for both men and women. Athletic boys wanting scholarships should pick a popular American sport like men’s football or basketball.
It's unrealistic for a boy to go for scholarships in those type of insanely competitive and highly selective sports driven by a pipe dream to garner athletic aid. Better chance of winning megabucks off $1 ticket, the odds are much higher.
If you want athletic aid and have little ability or athleticism go to an outlier sport like girls soccer that has no following of any sort and you will get aid thrown at you just be checking the box you have interest on a college questionnaire. Then during your youth years travel all over the country to play other average girls just for giggles. No matter what you do, if you decide to stay home or travel for fun, there will be more aid available from colleges than the actual interest in playing this fringe sport. It's a win-win and you will get some type of small payout absolutely.
Title IX ROCKS!!!
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThank you men’s football and basketball for bringing in enough revenue to help fund all sorts of other sports for both men and women. Athletic boys wanting scholarships should pick a popular American sport like men’s football or basketball.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostMy friend’s son got a full ride to a top school for lacrosse. Lacrosse is getting more and more popular. Lacrosse age groups go by high school graduation year so it’s super easy for colleges to scout players too.
But there are only 70 D1 schools fielding men's teams nearly all of em located on the east coast, with a handful sprinkled elsewhere, note worthy only 2 colleges west of the Mississippi.(Denver)
1 Maryland Big Ten
2 Albany (NY) America East
3 Johns Hopkins Big Ten
4 Notre Dame ACC
5 Duke ACC
6 Yale Ivy League
7 Loyola Maryland Patriot
8 Denver Big East
9 Cornell Ivy League
10 Syracuse ACC
11 Virginia ACC
12 Villanova Big East
13 Georgetown Big East
14 Penn Ivy League
15 Rutgers Big Ten
16 Bucknell Patriot
17 Navy Patriot
18 Ohio St. Big Ten
19 Robert Morris NEC
20 Vermont America East
21 Massachusetts CAA
22 Penn St. Big Ten
23 North Carolina ACC
24 Marquette Big East
25 Michigan Big Ten
26 Towson CAA
27 Princeton Ivy League
28 Lehigh Patriot
29 Richmond SoCon
30 Harvard Ivy League
31 Saint Joseph's NEC
32 Boston U. Patriot
33 Brown Ivy League
34 Stony Brook America East
35 Bryant NEC
36 Drexel CAA
37 Jacksonville SoCon
38 High Point SoCon
39 Army West Point Patriot
40 Colgate Patriot
41 Hofstra CAA
42 UMBC America East
43 St. John's (NY) Big East
44 UMass Lowell America East
45 Providence Big East
46 Detroit Mercy MAAC
47 Holy Cross Patriot
48 Sacred Heart NEC
49 Canisius MAAC
50 Fairfield CAA
51 Delaware CAA
52 Mt. St. Mary's NEC
53 Quinnipiac MAAC
54 Hobart and William Smith NEC
55 Hartford America East
56 Air Force SoCon
57 Furman SoCon
58 Cleveland St. Independent
59 Monmouth MAAC
60 Dartmouth Ivy League
61 Marist MAAC
62 Binghamton America East
63 Mercer SoCon
64 Bellarmine SoCon
65 Siena MAAC
66 Lafayette Patriot
67 Manhattan MAAC
68 Wagner NEC
69 NJIT Independent
70 VMI Southland
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostDid the thorns Academy ever fill out rosters? Still working on it?
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostIf your DD didn't get the call by now, you may want to look elsewhere. I hear ECNL has some openings and they won't post playtime, so you don't have to be embarrassed by the lack of minutes she'll be getting. Good luck to you!! BTW....you may want to look into field hockey or LAX.
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