In May of 2001, Tim Wittman, the head wrestling coach at Bucknell University, gathered together the members of his wrestling team to break the news to them that the university was eliminating their sport from the athletic program. These young men had worked so hard to achieve what they wanted to do, when it suddenly slipped out form underneath them, wrestling was really over for them! One of these Bucknell wrestlers, Ben Chunko, whishes he would have known that the school had been considering cutting the program for five years. If he would have known, it would have saved him money, disappointment, and the panic of not knowing what to do.
Also, at Marquette University, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the wrestling program was cut this past year. This program has gone through much obstacles to stay alive for almost ten years. Back in 1992, the college was going to drop the program, because they didn't have enough money to back the wrestling team along with adding another women's program. All the funds for the team came from within the team. Every year they had to raise the money themselves; they raised between $60,000 and $100,000 every year and they never ran into a deficit. This burden of raising money was very hard on the wrestlers because it is hard enough without that burden to be a student-athlete. Finally in June of 2001 the news came that the wrestling program was done. This cut was due to the college failing to increase the number of female athletes.
Bucknell and Marquette are just two of the many examples of male athletes having their athletic opportunities ripped away from them, forcing them to either transfer to another school or abandon the sport that they love. Some of these athletes are on scholarship, some are not. Since 1972, 170 men's wrestling programs, 80 men's tennis programs, 70 men's gymnastics programs, and 45 men's track and field programs have been cut, as indicated by the General According Office.
Gender Equality or Reverse Discrimination: Title IX: Under Review. ... Most important of those amendments is Title IX. 1. ... Almost all private colleges and universities must abide by Title IX. ... President Nixon signed Title IX on June 23, and on July 1 it went into effect. While developing the implementing regulations for Title IX, the then U.S. ...
Title IX: Liberation for Women or Discrimination Against Men? ... Of course, there are also negative opinions of Title IX and people do argue adamantly against the effects of the law. ... Some men's sports have seemed to disappear because of lack of funding since Title IX came into effect, and opponentsof the amendment are quick to blame the "discriminating acts" that Title IX enforces. ... It seems people have misinterpreted Title IX to the point that funding is taken away from some men's sports, such as wrestling and gymnastics, yet the funding never real...
Title IX Title IX is part of the Education Amendments passed in 1972 by the U.S. government. ... Title IX is enforced by the Office of Civil Rights (civil rights). ... When Title IX was first put into place it was rejected by most people (Hay). ... Schools can comply with Title IX in three ways. ... Title IX has come along way since it's start in 1972. ...
Title IX Title IX is part of the Education Amendments passed in 1972 by the U.S. government. ... Title IX is enforced by the Office of Civil Rights (civil rights). ... When Title IX was first put into place it was rejected by most people (Hay). ... Schools can comply with Title IX in three ways. ... Title IX has come along way since it's start in 1972. ...
I think that in general Title IX has had a positive impact on sport. ... Title IX can not provide money-making athletic programs to support the legislation and it can not force the people in charge of ensuring that Title IX is carried out to do so in manner that resembles a men's program. ... Granted, Title IX has forced the emergence of girls/women's programs all over the nation. ... That in and of itself shows the positive effect of Title IX. ... For some parents though, Title IX is not enough. ...
To understand the situation properly you will need to know some basic history of Title IX. ... This cannot be the original intent of Title IX. ... In the five years before Title IX, the number of female collegiate athletes doubled. ... Let me reiterate that I am in no way anti-Title IX; Title IX is a wonderful thing. My problem is strictly with the enforcement of Title IX. ...
What I am talking about is called equal rights at federal institutions or Title IX. In 1972 President Richard Nixon passed a bill know as Title IX. ... On page 430 of out textbook, Title IX is discussed as one of the most controversial steps in ensuring and promoting equality. ... Title IX has hit all Duke University, as well as UCLA, SOUTH CAROLINA and Wake Forest. This bill might be working, but on page 430 of the text, again stats that some feminists still feel that Title IX fails to affect the stereotyping of sex in textbooks and curricula and feel that elementary schools and military ...
Since the government wasn't enforcing Title IX enough, women started filing lawsuits and civil rights complaints against their institutions in order for schools to comply with Title IX. ... As much as Title IX has done for women's sports it is having a devastating impact on men's sports. ... Title IX has now turned into a gender quota, something that was never intended by Congress (5). ... Wrestling and football are not the only sports to have problems with Title IX. ... Where would Shanna Zollmen be without Title IX, she probalbly would not be going to Tennessee on a full...
