Talk:Title IX impact on male athletics

Merge to Title IX

See the discussion regarding the mergeto proposal to merge this article to Title IX, specifically the impact and controversy sections.--CaroleHenson (talk) 10:21, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

Point of view

The article does not express a neutral point of view. The main article Title IX does a much better job at describing the impact and controversy in a neutral WP:Point of view.--CaroleHenson (talk) 10:45, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

Female sections removed from page

I have removed the below 2 sections from the page, as the page title specifically identifies the page as for males, and both these items talk about impact on females. This should either be:

• on a page about impact on female athletics, or
• connected to demonstrate how female participation impacts male athletes.

- Hooperswim (talk) 15:20, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

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Positive impact on female athletics
In the forty years since Title IX's enactment, athletic opportunities for women and girls has grown exponentially. Honorable Birch Bayh, one of the original authors of Title IX stated that “Title IX is the most significant contribution to women’s equality since the ratification of the 19th amendment”. Title IX has in fact helped female equality, as evident by statistics that state “In 1972, 294,015 girls participated in high school sports and 31,853 in college-level sports. Today, over 2.7 million participate in high school athletics and just under 100,000 play in college.”

Negative impact on female athletics
The general perception now is that women and girls have equal opportunity in most areas of athletics due to Title IX, but Title IX's enforcement hasn't spurred progress in every facet of athletics. "In 2008, only 43% of coaches of women's teams were women. In 1972, that number was over 90%". The problem has two sides, one being that women are not going into the field of coaching to fill positions, and the other being that those women who do are often bullied, discriminated against, or just plain overlooked for positions. This causes women coaches to change careers or leave athletic coaching completely. Title IX's legislation, which is supposed to protect this type of discrimination, actually hurts women of the field. Male coaches are preferred when the demand and level of women's athletics grows in a college and they want to see results.
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