Posted by JJ on 4/12/07

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Title IX is a joke. Before you pass me off as a male
chavinist hear me out because this law doesn't make
sense. I further believe that the reason no one gets
anywhere arguing against this law is because they are
immediately tagged "machista" for speaking out against
it. They may not be as machista as you think. They may
simply be thinking logically. HEAR ME OUT! It would be
like giving equal number of scholarships to males as
females pursuing nursing school. Would this make any
sense? More females pursue nursing than males. However,
this does not mean that there are not enough males to fill
50% of the class. It simply means that there are more
qualified females than males simply because there are more
females pursuing nursing on the whole. Likewise, there
are more males pursuing athletics than females.
Therefore, does it make any sense to give equal number of
scholarships to both genders? This does little more than
lower the playing field.
This also causes parents to force their daughters
down athletic paths that the girls would rather not
pursue. Whether it is human nature or society that pushes
more males into athletics than females is a question I
cannot answer. However, it is no different than the fact
that more females than males partake in nursing and other
female related activities. The only foreseeable benefit
of Title IX is that it allows more females to recieve
scholarships. But what good is this when it is at the
expense of a male who would, absent the law, be more
qualified to receive the scholarship. It is not fair that
males who throw all their eggs in one basket (the
athletics basket) must forfeit their scholarships to less
qualified females who Title XI allows to diversify and
focus e.g. on academics, social work, etc. Then if they
still aren't qualified to be "Title Nined" into a
scholarship, they have academics, social work, or other
talents to fall back on in hopes of earning a scholarship.
The most obvious argument is the economic argument.
The only reason scholarships were ever given out for
athletics was because the athletics draw revenue for the
school. So why in would you want to restructure the
athletic programs to put them in a less economically sound
position. This has and will continue to do nothing more
than hurt the overall number of scholarships available.
Though more woman will benefit with Title IX than without,
they are unfairly benefiting. They simply draw no revenue
and so should not join in the profit. You don't see men
protesting beauty pageants (e.g. Miss. America, etc.)
claiming that they want to have equal opportunities to win
beauty pageants. Sorry guys, there just isn't a market
for that. TITLE IX IS A JOKE. THINK ABOUT IT. I'M SORRY
THAT YOU MIGHT WANT A SCHOLARSHIP, BUT WE ALL WANT A
SCHOLARSHIP. ONLY THOSE QUALIFIED CAN RECEIVE THEM
OTHERWISE THE WHOLE PROGRAM IS JEOPARDIZED. YOU ARE NOT
THINKING STRAIGHT TO DISAGREE. THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT
REALLY ANGERS ME AND I ASK THAT YOU GIVE IT SOME DEEP
THOUGHT. IT IS CLEAR. -FELLOW AMERICAN
DISAPPOINTED AT THE IGNORANCE OF THOSE WHO SUPPORT THIS
LAW.

TITLE IX IS NONSENSICAL, 4/12/07, by JJ.

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