> Cheers to Working Assets! I am a long distance subscriber of theirs, and a credit card holder. I agree that Title IX has succeeded in >improving women's sports, albeit adversely affecting Track & Field. College, universities, and the previous track and field leadership should be >held responsible for the damage to our sport, not Title IX.
No, the courts and the government should be held responsible, because it is their flawed interpretation and application of Title IX that has essentially guaranteed that schools would act the way they do. In thoery, the Bush administration's call to take another look at the application of Title IX should be a positive - in practice, however, I hold out no hope for meaningful change to occur. Instead of saying "hands-off" like any other knee jerk liberal group (I am far left of center myself for those keeping score) Working Assets could take a courageous stand and ask the Bush administration to fix the problems. But they'd get roasted by their supporters. At this point I'd like to see true equality - equal budgets and roster sizes in every sport. If you don't have a 85 person squad in women's football then you can't have it in men's football. Anything less is simply quibbling over details and no side has the moral high ground. I'll be happy to admit it's not realistic, but many argued 30 years ago that the improved level of gender equity we see today wasn't realistic, either. I'd also love to see the rest of an institution's programs subjected to the same kind of gender equity standards as the athletic department is. The stupidity of the approach would become quickly apparent. - Ed Parrot
