Title IX Ruling in California Could Lead to Stricter Standards

Submitted by anthony on Sat, 2009-06-20 22:21

Article here. Excerpt:

'When it comes to offering men and women equal opportunities to play sports, close may no longer be good enough.

Judges have typically ruled that universities are in compliance with the federal gender-equity law known as Title IX if the proportion of athletes who are women is within 5 percent of the representation of women in the total enrollment.

But a settlement announced Wednesday between the University of California-Davis and three female athletes holds the university’s athletic officials to a stricter 1.5 percent standard and could influence similar cases around the country, according to lawyers who are knowledgeable about gender-equity cases.
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Under the settlement, Davis has 10 years to bring female participation in varsity sports to within 1.5 percent of their proportion of the overall student population. According to federal education statistics, female athletes made up about 50 percent of Davis’s athletes in the 2007-8 academic year, but 56 percent of its student population.'

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The easist way to get rid of all this sexist Title IX nonsense is this -- eliminate all the sports teams, male and female. It doesn't matter if they are outright eliminated or spun off as university affiliated sports clubs. Get rid of them all.

There is equality in death. Zero student athletes of either gender at any institution will satisfy Title IX.

And of course don't forget to tell everyone why all the sports teams are being dumped -- man-hating feminists are the reason.

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Submitted by canaryguy on Sun, 2009-06-21 05:21

you will see a hint of EQUALITY is when it favors women or minorities.

this bunch of judicial hacks represents the low level of education

offered by the university system these days.

my dog has more sense.

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Submitted by daveinga on Sun, 2009-06-21 15:12

Title IX is debated all the time. The debate always seems to be around how it affects this or that group.

My question is this. How is it that sports is the one area where "equality" is mandated as "separate but equal" as in early 20th century public school segregation.

The fem argument seems to imply that males are entitled to play organized sports and women are denied the opportunity. This is entirely false. When I attended a large university I loved basketball. But I wasn't arrogant enough to demand that the university provide me - a short slow guy that can't jump - a team that I could compete on. The basketball team was waaaayyyy out of my league and I knew it.

Don't competitive sports exist to determine who's best at a certain athletic skill? And if so, how can you segregate based on a certain characteristic without providing opportunity for all (including short slow guys that can't jump)?

Does this principle apply to race also? Do we keep count of athletics participation based on race?

The effects of Title IX are just further proof of the principle that whoever yells the loudest gets what they want.

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Submitted by Arty on Mon, 2009-06-22 17:15