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Post by vbnerd on Apr 14, 2024 17:34:39 GMT -5
I mean, they are male students (at least as I type this) and they are getting an athletic opportunity, so they count. This is not an athletics rule, or an NCAA rule that the colleges can easily change, it's a federal law. If/when they become employees, we'll see what that does. And FWIW, D3 Mount Union's EADA report shows 228 athletes in the football program, so when scholarships are not an issue, some coaches would like MUCH larger rosters. Wow, really? You mean Title IX is federal legislation passed in the 70s by both houses of Congress and then signed by the president as the law of the land? Who knew?” Did you know there was a movement in Congress (led by Senator John Tower) to exempt football at the time it was passed into law but the movement failed? One can have an opinion that the amendment should have passed regardless about whether it did or not. My opinion carried no weight back then, and it hasn’t exactly gained any more influence in the subsequent 50 years, but it remains the same it was back then. That's great that you knew that, but honestly most people I hear with the "but football!" argument are the same ones I hear blaming the NCAA or the schools for the implementation of Title IX. If you are going to make the argument of a Finebaum caller you just might get painted with the same brush. |
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Post by slxpress on Apr 15, 2024 1:03:16 GMT -5
Wow, really? You mean Title IX is federal legislation passed in the 70s by both houses of Congress and then signed by the president as the law of the land? Who knew?” Did you know there was a movement in Congress (led by Senator John Tower) to exempt football at the time it was passed into law but the movement failed? One can have an opinion that the amendment should have passed regardless about whether it did or not. My opinion carried no weight back then, and it hasn’t exactly gained any more influence in the subsequent 50 years, but it remains the same it was back then. That's great that you knew that, but honestly most people I hear with the "but football!" argument are the same ones I hear blaming the NCAA or the schools for the implementation of Title IX. If you are going to make the argument of a Finebaum caller you just might get painted with the same brush. I have never listened to Finebaum in my life, so I don't even know what one of his callers would sound like. But I've heard him, so I can only imagine. It's my sincere belief Title IX would have better enforcement and more consistent implementation if football were carved out as an exception. Instead as a society we have no real appetite to have any regulatory body enforce the law, except through the court systems in an ad hoc way. I'd prefer a law that people would actually abide by than a law where nearly everyone finds workarounds. |
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Post by jagdpanther on Apr 15, 2024 19:40:59 GMT -5
If you are going to make the argument of a Finebaum caller you just might get painted with the same brush. But Pawwwwwl! |
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