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RE: Detailed Peek at College Finances for Athletics
(01-31-2018 12:42 PM)Hokie Mark Wrote: (01-31-2018 12:33 PM)quo vadis Wrote: (01-31-2018 12:50 AM)DawgNBama Wrote: It would be sad to have all women’s sports go away, but some of those figures are really ghastly. I personally would keep women’s basketball, and other women’s sports that actually made $$, but women’s country club sports I would bring to an end unless a booster wanted to spare them along with sports just added solely for the purpose of Title IX, and just tax the profitable programs.
The law, namely Title IX, doesn't care about profits. Does Alabama want its football team that makes $100m a year and wins national titles? And do you want to give out the 85 football scholarships? Then the law, as interpreted by basically all the courts, says you have to give out about 85 scholarships to female athletes as well, period, whether you make money or lose money.
And Title IX has strong bi-partisan support. No tax change that has the effect of doing away with Title IX, such that Alabama can have its football team while not having an equal # of female athletes also on scholarship, will pass.
That's the bottom line here, not profits. The only way to get rid of all those money-losing women's sports is if you get rid of a roughly equal number of men's scholarships as well.
From NCAA.org:
Quote:What is Title IX and what did it do?
Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972 is a federal law that states: "No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance."
So I think the question is this: if football were no longer a non-profit part of the university but, rather, spun-off as part of a stand-alone company associated with the school but NOT part of the "education program" and NOT receiving Federal money... would it still be under Title IX? I think it's not unreasonable to say no, it wouldn't...
Grand Canyon has to follow Title IX. The entire school, including the Athletic department, still has to follow Title IX.
What you are advocating would be that the Alabama football team could no longer have ANY association with the U of Alabama. Couldn't use the name, anything. Not happening.
The hate for Title IX is deplorable
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