Title IX - absurd editorial

[BamaGrappler]

Today the New York Times published one of the most inaccurate, ignorant statements ever made about Title IX. Feel free to FLOOD them with letters to the editor and also speak out on their discussion forum on this subject --- in fact, I encourage you all to do so. Due to legal issues, I can't copy/paste the article here. They require you to register & go to their site to read it. Registration is completely free and will not result in bulk spam junkmail. Please take the time to read it. The only good point (if you can call it that) they had was regarding appropriation of athletic funds across men's vs. men's programs (ex: football $ vs. wrestling $).

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/17/opinion/17MON1.html

[Guest ACS]

I read the article and the majority of it echo's what the pro-title IX people have been saying but does bring up that about football. The problem is it fails to mention that money isn't the biggest issue with wrestling getting cut at colleges. It is the ratio factor and conferences like the SEC who got rid of wrestling. Let's just keep fighting for our great sport.

[Wrestling4Life]

That article is the worst perversion of facts that I have ever seen. How can there be athletic equality when one sex is given supremacy over another?

[reftn]

Do you get this feeling...that if enough light is shown on this (T9) issue, and the terrible wrong is reversed ....such a tidal wave of support of wrestling to be unleashed like we have never seen before?

 

reftn

[Edited by reftn on 2-18-03 4:57P]

 

[LovinIt]

If the women are good enough to make the men's team then let them wrestle! But don't take money from the men's program.<P>[Edited by LovinIt on 2-19-03 7:18P]<P>

Edited September 18, 2003 by LovinIt