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    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
    Here are actual briefs on the matter:

    Harvard Crimson
    https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1...nsequences-pi/

    The Martin Center
    https://www.jamesgmartin.center/2016...rst-nightmare/

    In the effort to open your eyes to the real world impact of this legislation:

    http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1...-opportunities

    Great video to digest in case you grow tired reading

    http://time.com/2912420/titleix-anniversary/
    Fast forward video to 2:55pm for the overwhelming evidence about women's interest in sports.

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      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
      Fast forward video to 2:55pm for the overwhelming evidence about women's interest in sports.
      Editorials 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      But neither of those, necessarily, imply that Title IX ought to be rescinded, at least as far as athletics go.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.

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        Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
        Editorials 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.
        I 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.

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          Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
          I 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.
          Part 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.

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            Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
            Part 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.
            Wrestling 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

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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.
              But there’s overwhelming evidence that women, taken as a group, are less interested than men in competitive sports. In 2012, a group of psychologists analyzed men’s and women’s propensities by looking at how many of them pursue team sports in their leisure time. Intramural sports are recreational games that college students can play just for the love of the sport. The researchers found that only 26% of intramural participants are women. They also studied recreational activity in 41 public parks in four different states. Lots of women were exercising, but only 10% of those playing competitive team sports were women. A 2013 ESPN report on youth sports found that 34% of girls in grades 3-12 say sports is a big part of who they are; for boys the figure is 61%.

              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 Post
                Wrestling 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 it's the football team that is starving men's wrestling and gymnastics?

                Perhaps colleges should get out of the professional sports business altogether?

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                  Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                  Perhaps 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 Post
                      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.
                      Athletic Boys and even nonathletic boys play American Football & Basketball, numbered in the millions. As the country's most popular and watched sport we have no shortage of these type of participants.

                      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 Post
                        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.
                        My 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.

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                          Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                          My 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.
                          LAX is gaining steam across the Northwest and the USA for sure.

                          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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                            Did the thorns Academy ever fill out rosters? Still working on it?

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                              Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                              Did the thorns Academy ever fill out rosters? Still working on it?
                              If 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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                                Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                                If 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.
                                If you want a better option than ECNL, Westside Warriors high-school coed program is fun.

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