Timbalaned wrote:As far as I am concerned, Title IX sucks as is. It was a great idea when instated, but needs to be changed. That first prong needs to be changed and taken into three categories of Men's Sports Scholarships, Women's Sports Scholarships and Football. Football is a separate beast and makes more money than any of the other sports combined. It clearly is what college sports is run on and needs to be its on thing. This will allow for the other two prongs to be easier fixed and will allow for more opportunities for all athletes, both men and women.
Football is the cash cow for large Division I NCAA universities, but at many other universities like those in DII and DIII we only draw about 1,000 to 2,000 fans on average at very meager ($3-$7) ticket prices. I do not think that U of Oregon plans on revenue sharing with Willamette U anytime soon the millions they make on football. So I don't know if making a separate classification for football is really justified given the 75 or so scholarships you will be taking away from very worthy female athletes at some 200 universities nationwide if such a policy for football separation was adopted.
