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re: The last time UCONN's Women's Ball team...
Posted on 2/8/16 at 11:15 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Posted on 2/8/16 at 11:15 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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hat was not the point of Title IX...it was to expand and grow women talent...
Well that wasn't the point of title 9 either. They didn't make the amendment so more women would play sports, they made it so that the women who wanted to play sports would have an equal opportunity to do so.
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Posted on 2/8/16 at 11:17 pm to quail man
One could even make the argument that title 9 created more parity in men's sports
Posted on 2/8/16 at 11:20 pm to quail man
And...
They hoped the opportunity would expand the sportsworld and grow more talent.
...more opportunity, allow more girls to play = was supposed to equal a plethora of talent and national competitive play compared to the old days.
It has not happened in women's basketball. A few teams load up and just like the old days...that's it.
Title IX has not produced what opportunity is supposed to produce. I think they over-estimated how many women actually want to play sports at a high level apart from high school participation...or whether this nation could produce so many great female athletes.
Because, women's basketball was the ultimate litmus test...the creation of the NCAA tourney for women was supposed to be a watershed and nothing really has changed from the 1970's.
They hoped the opportunity would expand the sportsworld and grow more talent.
...more opportunity, allow more girls to play = was supposed to equal a plethora of talent and national competitive play compared to the old days.
It has not happened in women's basketball. A few teams load up and just like the old days...that's it.
Title IX has not produced what opportunity is supposed to produce. I think they over-estimated how many women actually want to play sports at a high level apart from high school participation...or whether this nation could produce so many great female athletes.
Because, women's basketball was the ultimate litmus test...the creation of the NCAA tourney for women was supposed to be a watershed and nothing really has changed from the 1970's.
This post was edited on 2/8/16 at 11:22 pm
Posted on 2/8/16 at 11:22 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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Is UCONN paying these players, did UT?
Probably not. Tradition, winning, exposure is their key.
It's not an even playing field though. Half the big college teams competing are doing it as a half-hearted courtesy because Title IX makes them. There's 30-40 schools that take this seriously as opposed to 5-6 in the AIAW days.
Posted on 2/8/16 at 11:24 pm to saintsfan22
I understand that...
Budget limitations and just like CFB...there's only about 30 teams that can really realistically win the title any given year.
But women's basketball is just so historically imbalanced and (yes, because of Title IX - some just participate to keep funding) - but it's really a phenomenon how really nothing has changed in 40 years.
Budget limitations and just like CFB...there's only about 30 teams that can really realistically win the title any given year.
But women's basketball is just so historically imbalanced and (yes, because of Title IX - some just participate to keep funding) - but it's really a phenomenon how really nothing has changed in 40 years.
Posted on 2/8/16 at 11:37 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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Budget limitations and just like CFB...there's only about 30 teams that can really realistically win the title any given year.
Only that many can realistically win, many many more take it seriously though.
Posted on 2/9/16 at 12:07 am to saintsfan22
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The NBA's been like 12 in the last 55.
From 1999-2014, the Lakers, Spurs, or Mavs won the Western Conference every season but one.
That's 16 seasons.
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