Slave Power Conspiracy
Title IX: Reverse Discrimination Beginning some time shortly after
the end of World War II, there has been tremendous growth in
women's athletics. For decades female athletes have been striving
to become as equally respected as their male counterparts. After
years of reaching for their goals, female athletes finally realized their
dreams in the form of Title IX. As stated by Jim Minter, former editor
of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "Title IX is the federal
government telling colleges and universities that if X number of
athletic scholarships are given to males, then an equal number must
be awarded to female studentsÂ…"(AJC A14). Title IX, a United
States federal law passed in 1972, was a milestone in the history of
the women's rights movement. Female athletes could at last have
the same opportunities that male athletes had always had. But this
is not the end of the story, nor does the story have a happy ending.
There is a darker side of Title IX, a side that discriminates against
male athletes. A good example of discrimination against male
athletes involves the sport of wrestling. Not only is wrestling the
oldest sport known to man, it is also an American tradition. If the
average person in the South were asked to name his favorite
wrestler, however, that person would probably blurt out the name of
some phony professional wrestler. Why would this person be so
ignorant about the oldest sport known to man? The reason is that
Title IX has virtually wiped out collegiate wrestling in the South.
Starting back in the late l970's, SEC schools began dropping their
wrestling programs to make room for more women's sports. Today
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