Comments on: On Sports and Women http://blog.oup.com/2007/11/patriots/ Academic insights for the thinking world. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:48:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jasen C. http://blog.oup.com/2007/11/patriots/comment-page-1/#comment-138594 Jasen C. Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:40:22 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/11/patriots/#comment-138594 The meek shall inherit the earth---they are too weak to refuse. The meek shall inherit the earth—they are too weak to refuse.

]]> By: Mike http://blog.oup.com/2007/11/patriots/comment-page-1/#comment-102890 Mike Fri, 14 Dec 2007 20:08:24 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/11/patriots/#comment-102890 I don't know if I see the point here. ANY sport is going to be more compelling if it's a close game whether it's men or women playing. Would you have screamed and yelled at the Final Four game if the score was 70-17 instead of the winner being decided at the buzzer? Let's face it, Title IX is first and foremost an education bill not an athletic one. I really think it's sad that men's sports are being cut at an alarming rate because of the affects of Title IX. So men's collegiate sports are being taken away even if there is a lot of interest. Meanwhile, universities are begging women to take scholarships and finding it hard to find them. Men show interest in sports like wrestling, swimming and volleyball, but find that a lot of universities are dropping those programs to comply with Title IX. It seems that men, overwhelmingly support men's athletics as well as some women, but there are a lot of women who don't support athletics at all whether it's men's or women's athletics. I'm not quite sure if you're saying that men and women should be able to compete together on the some court or field, but that would be unfair. There are a lot of areas that have girls playing football and baseball with boys, but once you reach a certain age the physical differences become too much to overcome. That's why in track and field, high school boy's have a 12 lb. shot put and girls have a 4 kilo (8.8 lbs.) shot put, but in college, men have to go to a 16 lb. shot while women stay at a 4 kilo shot. There are women that could compete with men on a level playing field but there would be far more women left out in the cold. I don’t know if I see the point here. ANY sport is going to be more compelling if it’s a close game whether it’s men or women playing. Would you have screamed and yelled at the Final Four game if the score was 70-17 instead of the winner being decided at the buzzer?
Let’s face it, Title IX is first and foremost an education bill not an athletic one. I really think it’s sad that men’s sports are being cut at an alarming rate because of the affects of Title IX. So men’s collegiate sports are being taken away even if there is a lot of interest. Meanwhile, universities are begging women to take scholarships and finding it hard to find them. Men show interest in sports like wrestling, swimming and volleyball, but find that a lot of universities are dropping those programs to comply with Title IX. It seems that men, overwhelmingly support men’s athletics as well as some women, but there are a lot of women who don’t support athletics at all whether it’s men’s or women’s athletics.

I’m not quite sure if you’re saying that men and women should be able to compete together on the some court or field, but that would be unfair. There are a lot of areas that have girls playing football and baseball with boys, but once you reach a certain age the physical differences become too much to overcome. That’s why in track and field, high school boy’s have a 12 lb. shot put and girls have a 4 kilo (8.8 lbs.) shot put, but in college, men have to go to a 16 lb. shot while women stay at a 4 kilo shot. There are women that could compete with men on a level playing field but there would be far more women left out in the cold.

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