Dropping Men's Sports - Expanding Opportunities for Girls and Women in Sport without Eliminating Men's Sports: The Foundation Position

 

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When an institution eliminates a men's team in the name of Title IX, such action usually results in the development of destructive acrimony, pitting the men's non-revenue sports against women's sports. The answer to Title IX is very simple: If revenues don't increase, then everyone must make do with a smaller piece of the budget pie.

Expanding Opportunities for Girls and Women in Sport without Eliminating Men's Sports: The Foundation Position (PDF 525k)

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By Women's Sports Foundation

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Money, Race and Gender

The most accurate description of college sports’ participation patterns to date.

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APRIL 19, 2010: The Women’s Sports Foundation (WSF) named Professor Nancy Hogshead-Makar its Senior Director of Advocacy. The WSF was founded by Billie Jean King in 1974 as a driving force to attract girls and women to sport while promoting better health and education.

Media Response: May 3, 2011

Rather than blaming Title IX, female athletes, or Washington bureaucrats, the Women’s Sports Foundation calls upon schools to embrace the principle of gender equity and equal treatment as the norm.

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