Folks, This is nothing short of a disaster for men's college soccer. Due to (dishonest) lobbying by feminist groups, Title IX reform has been scrapped. In fact, the new plan is for more vigorous enforcement. http://www.wyomingnews.com/more.asp?StoryID=5991 Let me be clear about where I stand. I'm all in favor of women's athletics. I've coached girls' soccer teams. However, the current interpretation of Title IX goes way too far. It effectively mandates that roughly 60% of all college athletic opportunities will go to women. Athletic departments simply can't afford this. Women's sports cost substantially more money than their male counterparts (due to lower revenues and donations). The early stages of Title IX implementation came during an economic boom. Even so, we lost several men's programs (cancelled out by the expansion of Division I). Now, however, we're in an economic crunch, and athletic departments are still a long way from 60%. Everywhere apart from college, men's soccer has been growing leaps and bounds. It's an unjust law that forces colleges to pull the plug in favor of sports like women's bowling, horseback riding, and field hockey, not to mention the likes of water polo and crew in the midwest.
Wow, this is great news! Now I don't have to cancel my vacation as I travel all over the country to watch all those exciting women's crew matches!!! While I'm at it, I might even catch a couple softball games! Yippee! Yes sir, watching women's sports is the way to go, and all those young men in the USA who aren't 7 feet tall, or 6-5 and 300 lbs., can just forget about playing collegiate sports. Those young men need to be out there cheering on their female counterparts at crew and softball and volleyball games. Behind every female athlete is a good man, standing by his softball or soccer hero wearing ponytails. Forget about the fact that watching those 22 women on the pitch is like watching paint dry, that doesn't matter. College men can now focus on academics and making sure that the women's golf team has enough candy bars available when they make the turn. I'm going to make sure that my young son, who will never be 7 feet tall or 300 lbs., should forget about sports altogether! Heck...sports is for women...us guys need to focus on being supportive for our female brethren who have taken up the gauntlet on our behalf by playing sports. Thank you Julie Foudy, this is quite liberating. Hey, won't it be great when Hillary Clinton runs for president with Julie Foudy as her running mate.
The sad thing is if they mobilized all the females in the country they could win the damn thing. Never trust something that bleeds a whole week and doesn't die.
I think we should all pitch in for a sign and then find a sympathetic person to go to all her San Diego games and hang up the sign that says: JULIE FOUDY HATES MEN!
title9 are we missing something? is the role of government and legislation to tear down traditions and deny opportunities? where will it end? does mensa discriminate? Julie foudy should sue to let more stupid people like her join. seriously, what role did women play in the evolution of intercollegiate sports? were they denied opportunities to participate because of their gender, or because of an inability to compete with men in established sports? the opportunity to build successful athletic programs existed when men began competing in intercollegate athletics. The LPGA knows they are not equal to the PGA, and cannot force sponsors through legislation to make purses equal to the PGA. women and men are not equal relative to athletic performance, so why force equality of numbers based on gender. proponents of title 9 say success is measured in the number of female participants.they ignore traditional definitions of success in sports, ie; passion, dedication, desire and only count the number of participants vs. men's participation. title 9 is successful because they have omitted many traditional men's athletic programs. what am i missing?