there was a time when only boy's sports were deemed worthy, and the larger amount of money was spent on them, not girl's sports. this is what Title IX sought to change, to give equal opportunity and equal access to things like uniforms, locker rooms, scholarships.its awful when they do it for the sake of title 9 alone.
there was a time when only boy's sports were deemed worthy, and the larger amount of money was spent on them, not girl's sports. this is what Title IX sought to change, to give equal opportunity and equal access to things like uniforms, locker rooms, scholarships.
yes good idea, it becomes a bad idea when male sports are canceled so schools can fill the title 9 requirement. which has and does happen
I did say it was not without issues :\yes good idea, it becomes a bad idea when male sports are canceled so schools can fill the title 9 requirement. which has and does happen
Actually... that would be terrible but that's not what title IX mandates, just comparable spending. Honestly I think title IX is pretty decent as far as equality mandates go. Doesn't mean it's easy for colleges to deal with.Yeh, isn't it awful that they have to spend equally on male and female sports?
LOL @ the "this is a sport but that isn't" arguments. Whatever requirements someone states for a sport to discredit an activity also excludes another activity that same person would argue IS a sport.
Case in point, title boxing has measurable objectives (KO, TKO, judges score card).Not me. In my mind a sport has to have an measurable objective.
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And yes, I consider SUMO a sport and not title boxing (but do consider Olympic boxing a sport).
I did say it was not without issues :\
But it has helped women's sports in many positive ways that weren't being acknowledged before Title IX.
Yeh, isn't it awful that they have to spend equally on male and female sports?
I did say it was not without issues :\
But it has helped women's sports in many positive ways that weren't being acknowledged before Title IX.
Well you are trying to make sure they don't have a better score than you, and thus, you strive to have a better score at the end of the competition.
The score, in those cases, is time.
I always look at a sport as something where the two competitors/teams directly affect one another's "score". So basketball is a sport, for example, because there's defense involved, and the offense has to score in spite of the efforts of the other team.
I think of things like cheerleading, gymnastics, swimming, and the like, as competitions - not a "sport". There's competition involved, but it's not a direct competition in the same way as a sport would be.
It's purely semantics though, many "competitions" require just as much athletic talent and hard work as "sports" - it's just my way of classifying them.
Case in point, title boxing has measurable objectives (KO, TKO, judges score card).
What sport?I don't think that helping one group by hurting another group is fair. I played a sport in high school that gets fucked over by title IX, so maybe its personal. Although I still did land a full ride (which I consequently left because the school sucked ass).
Are you kidding me? They are giving scholarships to female students to come play on their rugby team? Where is this school? I could get a few to sign up for that.I don't know if it's awful, but it sure is pointless in most cases. The number of people who attend women's sporting events is pitiful compared to the number who attend men's in most cases.
Also, despite what many will claim, some universities receive a nice revenue boost from men's athletics after you factor in merchandising and such. Money given to women's sports is practically charity in comparison, and they have their games in front of empty seats in a lot of cases.
Currently my university is BEGGING female students to come be on a women's rugby team with "no experience necessary". How competitive do you really think it's going to be?
IIRC, volleyball.
Judges scores are generated based on a system.Certainly KO and TKO are measurable objectives, but I disagree that the judges score card is. What action, specifically, does the athlete perform which we can measure and generates the judges score?