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re: Thoughts on Title IX and whether it should exist?
Posted on 8/18/26 at 4:51 pm to Mung
Posted on 8/18/26 at 4:51 pm to Mung
quote:They only had those programs for like 15 years.
Mung
IIRC, LSU cut their wrestling and men’s gymnastics teams, then added women’s soccer and field hockey, to try to even out the scholly numbers for football.
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Posted on 8/18/26 at 4:54 pm to Pettifogger
quote:That's an interpretation and application question, not an "existence of the law" question.
In most basic, recognized discriminatory forms, it's not
Via disparate impact and an administration devoted to resolving imbalances regardless of whether "actual" discrimination exists, it's very controversial (and should be).
Posted on 8/18/26 at 4:59 pm to HogPharmer
quote:Not a history scholar, eh?
The original DEI
15th Amendment, 19th Amendment, Brown v Board of Education, Civil Rights Act...all before Title IX.
Posted on 8/18/26 at 5:06 pm to UFFan
Men's wrestling survived the fall of Rome only to be defeated by Title IX.
Posted on 8/18/26 at 5:26 pm to UFFan
I'm cool with my daughters having a chance at collegiate sport. Why that should result in cutting my sons' sports is another question.
Posted on 8/18/26 at 5:28 pm to UFFan
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Title IX causes schools to cut some things like men's swimming teams that can be valuable in preparing our men for the Olympics.
The same could be said if women's teams that would get eliminated if college sports were not covered by Title IX. How many Olympic quality swimmers, divers, or track and field athletes have come through American universities?
With the implementation of NIL you have gymnasts who are able to train (albeit at something below an international level) for a couple of years between Olympic cycles and then ramp up the 12 to 18 months before.
Posted on 8/18/26 at 9:41 pm to UFFan
Schools should be for academics and sports should not be part of it. We as a country are weird in that our education system also functions as a sports league. Separate the two
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