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lwjr wrote:Title IX, another goverment program that sure sounds good on paper.

To have a good government program on paper, it would have to be called Charmin.
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AusTxPony wrote:Would help to be the only LAX team in Texas in Div. 1- Men.


That's probably a negative. The closest D-I program is Air Force I think, so that means every road game would require a flight.
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MustangStealth wrote:
AusTxPony wrote:Would help to be the only LAX team in Texas in Div. 1- Men.


That's probably a negative. The closest D-I program is Air Force I think, so that means every road game would require a flight.

They travel light. :wink:
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We share horses in equestrian. Maybe Air Force will share their planes.
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PK wrote:
MustangStealth wrote:
AusTxPony wrote:Would help to be the only LAX team in Texas in Div. 1- Men.


That's probably a negative. The closest D-I program is Air Force I think, so that means every road game would require a flight.

They travel light. :wink:

That's the only way to fly
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lwjr wrote:Title IX, another goverment program that sure sounds good on paper.


It doesn't even sound good on paper. Ridiculous. Women as a group aren't as interested in sports as men. But we'll force the equality issue and end up with injustice.
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Title IX needs to be rewritten to exclude football from the equation. Do that and I think it is a fair proposition. Otherwise it is beyond ridiculous!
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If we are going to continue with this full blown women's equality shtick, they should have to register for the Selective Service when they turn 18. It's only fair.
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mustangxc wrote:Title IX needs to be rewritten to exclude football from the equation. Do that and I think it is a fair proposition. Otherwise it is beyond ridiculous!

That is what has to be done! Otherwise, can you say Affirmative Action?
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Exclude football, and cheer leading should count toward Title IX.

Or make a revenue clause, not matter what sport, men or women, if it generates over ____ amount of dollars (revenue not profit), it is excluded from Title IX consideration. It's just silly that state schools have to use tax payer dollars to fully scholarship and annually re-equip these fringe sports that make the school zero revenue and no one cares about, just to meet a threshold.
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Im hoping for baseball, ill be the first fan through the gate. We really need a field.
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SMU2007 wrote:why track instead of baseball?


Because SMU has been historically very successful in track, it is the logical place to start. Plus, you can gradually grow the program by adding events depending upon who we are able to recruit. With Baseball, you are all in win/lose.
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Lacrosse would need private funding. Good news is Mr Crum is a friend of the program and has a son who played for the club team. Its years away but its going to happen. Lax or Die.
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Title IX has been a huge success. Prior to it, schools took the money from revenue sports and used it to fund non-revenue sports for men's teams. The excuse was that there was no demand from women for women's sports.

With Title IX in place, the number of women playing sports has grown tremendously at all levels. In my town, the number of girls playing soccer, softball, and basketball is similar to the number of boys playing the same sports.

My daughter is just a toddler, but I appreciate knowing that there are opportunities available for her if she decides to work hard at a sport.
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Digetydog wrote:Title IX has been a huge success. Prior to it, schools took the money from revenue sports and used it to fund non-revenue sports for men's teams. The excuse was that there was no demand from women for women's sports.

With Title IX in place, the number of women playing sports has grown tremendously at all levels. In my town, the number of girls playing soccer, softball, and basketball is similar to the number of boys playing the same sports.

My daughter is just a toddler, but I appreciate knowing that there are opportunities available for her if she decides to work hard at a sport.


I don't appreciate Title IX because it gives women opportunities at the expense of men. I am all for women's volleyball, track, basketball, golf, tennis, swimming, soccer, etc. However, when schools have to cut men's track to field women's rifle, equestrian, etc. that is when it is a problem. As I said previously, exclude football from the equation and I am all for it. Otherwise it is the dumbest legislation in the world.
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