Why I picked why girls should be allowed to play boys sports is because I played football. ... I loved playing football. ... Gen King, a college athlete said that "playing seven years with boys sharpened my skills". ... "Title IX" is a federal law that requires high schools and colleges that receive federal funds not to discriminate on the basis of gender. ... I had fun playing football. ...
At my high school, football was everything, and the entire town supported the local team. In the summer, merchants would run special football promotions. ... I knew that if I wanted to go to a good college, I would treatment have to get good grades, and I resented the implication that the only way I could get good grades was by getting special treatment. ... Many of the students attended the games, but their primary focus was on getting into college. If they talked about football at all, they usually discussed the regional college teams. ...
In high school he was one of the most favored football players but could not go to a major college. Despite that he went to a smaller college and became the first black man to play professional football for the Baltimore Colts and later with the Los Angeles Rams. ... He called himself "College Graduate/Football Hero/Iceman!" ...
In high school he was one of the most favored football players but could not go to a major college. Despite that he went to a smaller college and became the first black man to play professional football for the Baltimore Colts and later with the Los Angeles Rams. ... He called himself "College Graduate/Football Hero/Iceman!" ...
Slavery was as common as football on Sundays in the fall, before it was abolished. ... I have already experienced firsthand reverse discrimination since I have been in college. On the very first day of school, I met a Latino student and we began to talk about how he was making it through college. ... He also told me that the school was paying for him to live and attend college, and then he started to laugh. ... I've worked construction for the past three years and I still had to take a loan so I could attend college. ...
And unlike many of the male scholarship athletes who are in football and basketball, most of these women got real degrees and planned throughout to enter "real" jobs. ... Almost all private colleges and universities must abide by Title IX. ... College is now a possible option in a young woman's decision for Post High School Plans. ... These new regulations have brought in a wave of girls into the college athletic scene. ... Opponents of Title IX claim that it should not be enforced in college athletics because there is a lack of athletic interest on the part of college females. ...
An example would be a lot of women would not take a job as a football coach even if it was offered to them due to the publics view on it being a very masculine job. ... I could have very easily started to work for my Father's company when I had graduated high school, but instead I invested in my own capital by going to college. ... McClure did has told me though that if I was to ask 1,000 millionaires that I would find out that the overwhelming majority of them had went to college or "invested in their capital by furthering their education. ... This is not the case any longer as having ...
