Instead of adding women's athletic opportunities to satisfy gender quotas, colleges are destoring men's opportunities in athletics by dropping many men's sports, such as wrestling, men's gymnastics, and men's swimming, some have gone as far as cutting football programs. ... It takes up to three or four female teams to offset football. A dozen of colleges have already cut the sport. ... So instead of dropping football, most colleges and universities are deciding to cut Olympic sports, such as wrestling, swimming, and gymnastics. ... Wrestling and football are not t...

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Ricky is the star athlete who is being recruited by the University of Southern California for football. ... This led to him going to Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia. Tre's girlfriend went to Spellman College in Atlanta, Georgia. ...

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College Sports Prior To Title IX A time existed when playing collegiate sports was not an option. ... Participation did not begin to increase until the introduction of women's basketball in college sports (Sexism In Sports). ... Then to look at the college perspective, in 1972 fewer than 32,000 women played sports, only received two percent of athletic budgets, and women's college scholarships did not exist (The Next Generation of Title IX: Athletics). ...

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