Title IX and Football

I always thought Title IX was the main reason as to why we did not have a football team. Everything we have discussed in class made so much more sense in terms of the actual reasons behind not having a team. The money required for football teams is outrageous. I have 3 friends who play college ball, 1 is at Whittier College which is a private college here in CA and the other two are out of state in Minnesota. It seems like a lot of public schools in comparison to private schools are the ones that don't have a football team. I wonder if one of the reasons is because there are more women at in attendance at our school and many other public universities vs. at private schools. My friends who attend school in Minnesota are always talking about how small the school is and the way they put it half of the students seem to be on an athletic team there, girls and guys. Since there are a number of factors that play into Title IX, I’m sure there’s more to it than what my friends observe on their campuses.
The other school that Prof. Kauer gave as an example (I can’t remember the name) of a school that cut 11 men’s teams just to have a football team. I think that’s completely unfair for those men’s teams, that’s basically saying to them their sports are unimportant and less than football. That’s not a message that should be given to athletes anywhere. Sure people have their own opinion as to what sports are better than others, but by making such a drastic move as cutting 11 men’s teams is a pretty blatant disrespect to those sports. I’m not sure of the actions they took prior to making that decision, or if they even considered surveying students in attendance or taking the other students at the school into consideration. Yes I can agree that football is a great sport but I just don’t think other sports aren’t just as great.
Nylene Herrera
Kin 332I Sec 03