Title Nine in High School Sports

Author Message Barbi Palmer (Bep9704) Junior Member Username: Bep9704 Post Number: 7 Registered: 9-2007 Posted on Wednesday, October 03, 2007 - 10:44 am:        What does everyone thing about Title Nine? Is it fair to everyone? I think it is good and bad. I know when I was in high school I had to play softball elsewhere because my school didn't offer a girls softball team. I graduated in 2003 and they just now are getting one this spring. I feel that girls should have the same rights as boys in the opportunities to play if the desire is there. I do think the disadvantage of it is that some of the boy's programs get cut because a girls program is added that doesn't need to be and is added only to meet quotas. What does everyone think? Lisa Getgen (Lmg4779) Junior Member Username: Lmg4779 Post Number: 3 Registered: 9-2007 Posted on Thursday, October 04, 2007 - 7:31 am:        I think title 9 is good and bad. I never had an experience with title 9 in high school. We had a sports that ran hand in hand with eachother... for example baseball/softball, girls tennis/boys tennis, etc. Football even allowed girls to play with the boys. In college, title 9 has impacted my sport dramatically. I play softball and in the past 2 years our field has gone from one of the poorest to the best in the state. We have had so many more opportunities given to us. I know our field will never compare to baseball but we are closer than ever. Unfortunately, title 9 have had a negative impact on alot of my friends. I had many of my guy friends who are swimmers transfer out because their sport was cut. Same with wrestling. Everybody is going to have different feelings towards title 9. I personally think title 9 has postive and negative impacts on people.

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