re: I know a lot of you hate Title IX, but your blame is misplaced...

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Why not, to take this idea further – abolish caps altogether (though kept the 85 football cap to prevent an arms race). Then, schools can offer as many scholarships as they wish. If you offer under 200 scholarships, you must maintain a 50-50 split, but if you offer more scholarships, you can have a sliding percentage… say 60/40, so long as you keep at least 100 women’s scholarships. This way, schools have the option of adding men’s scholarships BUT NOT AT THE EXPENSE OF WOMEN’S PROGRAMS.

Admit you can have more men’s scholarships without being discriminatory. But if Iowa St wants to add wrestling back, it can do so long as its still offering plenty of chances for women. If you are under 200, then you have to maintain strict proportionate compliance.

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I think that's a provocative idea - but an idea that would probably be resisted by most advocates of women's sports.

For the most part my perception is only men's basketball and men's football generate real revenue (LSU baseball is fantastic and very well supported by the standards of the sport but... doesn't bring in all that much for being the best or near the best). Because the other sports don't bring in much revenue I think very few schools would really increase the number of sports scholarships for their male athletes (at least not in the near future where most budgets are under severe stress)