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Title IX. Title IX The recent growth in women's sports is due in large part to the
legal system. ... However sport activity was not the main reason for Title IX. ...
Title IX. "The Other Side of Title IX" In the essay "The ... after Title IX was
implemented. What is Title IX? "Title IX of the Educational ...
Title IX. ... In 1972, when Title IX was first put into play, 57% of college students
were males, now in 2005, only 44% of college students are males. ...
TITLE IX. In 1972 a policy known as Title IX was written and mandated into
Federal policy. Title ... yet? Has Title IX changed anything? YES. ...
Title IX. In 1972 a policy known as Title IX was written and mandated into
Federal policy. Title ... yet? Has Title IX changed anything? YES. ...
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Officiating Wrestling
Title IX: The College Wrestling Killer?
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 to the 1964 Civil Rights Act reads: No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance. When this title was introduced, many considered it great. Now it may be hurting many male athletics in college, including wrestling.
According to the Dayton Daily News, wrestling is the eighth-most-common sport to be dropped in NCAA athletics in the past 15 years. Olympic sports have been the first to be cut by colleges. Cross-country leads the list, followed by indoor track, golf, tennis, rowing, outdoor track, swimming, and then wrestling ("Wrestling"). This number is appalling to many wrestlers who see their college counterparts losing their opportunities to wrestle. Boys' wrestling currently has the sixth-highest number of participants in high school athletics ("Wrestling"). With the high number of participants, one has to wonder why wrestling is targeted as one of the most common sports to be cut because of Title IX.
To comply with Title IX and not lose federal funding for sports, schools use proportionality. Proportionality is a way of enforcing Title IX where the college has the same percentage of varsity athletes to overall enrollment, by gender ("USA"). For example, if 55% of a college's students are female, 55% of the varsity athletes must be female. When colleges try to comply with Title IX, they cut teams and/or place roster caps on them. Many times after the team is cut, the school doesn't make a new sport for females ("USA"). According to Brigham Young wrestling coach Mark Schultz, "Proportionality is illegal. It's a quota that's illegal. If 50 percent of the city is women, does that mean that 50 percent of the...
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