Keeping the gender balance in SF State athletics hinders creation of men’s track team

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'Gender equity laws and limited funding together confine SF State’s athletic program, leaving the school without a men’s track and field team.

These constraints have fragmented who can participate in the school’s sports teams, inhibiting potential athletes from competing.

Many students often wonder why SF State only has certain teams, but in addition to scarce athletic funding, balancing the number of athletic teams for men and women due to Title IX, which sets standards for gender equality in sports, is part of the reason.

This stems from a lawsuit the California State University system settled with a women’s group over the inclusion of women in school sports, making compliance with the act more explicit. The lawsuit stated that the ratio of male to female athletes should be reflective of the student population’s gender ratio.'