Yeah, I'm pretty sure the government has never come along and asked my college to add any men's sports. (I teach at a women's college.)
Rob Sent from my iPad On Jul 12, 2011, at 5:20 PM, Jerry Belloit <bell...@clarion.edu> wrote: > Zeb, > > I am not sure, but I believe that Title IX is a more of a scholarship and > facilities parity rather than total spending. Looking at the current > budget, we are probably at parity. I don't think the law would require > exactly the same numbers at all times--that would not be realistic since > students come and go at all times during a year. I also think that there is > probably something related to the gender breakdown of the student > population. I cannot imagine that VMI would have to have the same number of > women's athletic scholarships as men's. Neither would I imagine that Wells > College would be required to add more men's sports. > > Jerry > > -----Original Message----- > From: gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatortalk@googlegroups.com] On > Behalf Of John Vega > Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 1:42 PM > To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: [gatortalk] GatorTalk Poll: First game of the year > > > On Jul 11, 2011, at 5:53 PM, Helen Huntley wrote: > >> There must be some allowances in Title IX because UF continues to spend > far more on football than on anything else--and I'm not against that. > > It's been a while, but the allowances are along the lines of > > if there is an inequity (and there was at every university with a major > football program), then > > 1. the inequity must not be allowed to worsen; and > > 2. the university must show progress towards eliminating that inequity > > #1 applies at all points in time. So, a school that might have been 85-15 at > the time Title IX was adopted and improves to 65-35 cann't backslide to > 70-30. > > In short, assuming that most sports (track, swimming) have equal men's and > women's scholarships, a school with a scholarship football program needs > additional women-only sports that add up to 85 scholarships before it can > think of adding a men's sport. > > So, UF has been in compliance as it has continually progressed towards > eliminating the inequity that existed at Title IX's adoption, even if parity > has not yet been achieved. > > -Zeb > > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us
