On Girls High School Flag Football

Over the past week or so, there's been a lot of chatter back and forth on the Web concerning a New York Times story about the popularity of flag football for girls in Florida high schools. On the one hand, you have a number of folks from the women's sports establishment who can't seem to make up their mind whether or not this is a good thing:

“No one is saying flag football isn’t a great sport to play,” said Neena Chaudhry, the senior counsel at the National Women’s Law Center, which has brought several cases against high schools alleging violations of Title IX, the federal law mandating gender equity in education. “But I do think it’s relevant to ask questions about whether girls are getting the same kind of educational opportunities as boys.”

And then, in a letter to the editor a few days later, Nancy Hogshead-Makar of the Women's Sports Foundation wrote:

For more than 10 years, flag football players have lost out on $1.5 billion annually in college scholarships and the abundant educational and economic benefits that research confirms flows from the competitive nature of varsity sports.

After talking with CSC chairman Eric Pearson about this, we were both shaking our heads. Both of us believe that Chaudhry and Hogshead-Makar have it backwards. After all, the vast majority of the millions of high school students, male and female, who participate in interscholastic sports will never have a chance to win a scholarship or even participate in intercollegiate competition.

Instead of fretting about establishing a glidepath for scholarships, we ought to be cheering that over 5,000 high school girls nationwide are playing, and apparently loving, flag football. Many of the benefits of participating in athletics -- learning about teamwork and sacrificing personal goals in pursuit of common objectives -- have nothing to do with winning scholarships.

And, oh yeah, having fun. If you listen to any of the current or former players quoted in the article, it's all too clear that these young women are having a great time:

Demi Cissell, a linebacker for Jupiter High School and a former cheerleader, said she never considered herself an athlete until she played flag football.

“I tried it out, and I just loved it,” she said. Her team won the state championship last year. Girls, she said, “like to do what the guys do, because all the guys say girls can’t play our sport.”

She added, “And even though it’s not tackle, it’s still pretty close.”

Why couldn't the NYT talk to more actual athletes like Demi, instead of spending time with activists? Kind of put things into perspective as to who is actually pushing this story, eh?

Florida State Adds Sand Volleyball

Details from FloridaToday.com. The team will have six roster slots and three scholarships.

For our previous takes on the topic, click here.

The Title IX Law Suit Machine

One of the little known side effects of Title IX enforcement are the costs that it imposes on school districts around the country. One of the more recent examples comes from Arrowhead High School in Hartland, Wisconsin. According to local reports, handling a recent suit that resulted in the school adding a girl's lacrosse team cost somewhere in the neighborhood of $50,000-$60,000. While most of that was handled by an insurance policy, the school was forced to spend about $10,000 to handle the suit. And as we all know, while the policy covered most of the costs, the school is probably staring at a future where their insurance premiums are going to have to increase.

All in all, even at $10,000, that's a lot of money that could have been used more productively.

Why is it so expensive? Well, in short, it's because the lawyers involved in filing these suits often do so in pursuit of a big pay day. The most famous came in the 1990s when the National Women's Law Center filed a suit against the Michigan High School Athletic Association stating that the scheduling of some girl's high school sports was discriminatory. Eventually, the NWLC won the suit, and was able to help itself to over $1 million in legal fees.

That law suit first mentality is on full display at JustPlayNow.org, a Web site created by the California Women's Law Center. When you get there, they even have a button slugged, "Ask a lawyer."

While the CSC is sympathetic with teams that would like to see their fields upgraded, how does it help anybody to force a school to pay out hundreds of thousands -- or in one case millions -- of dollars defending suits like these that do nothing but line the pockets of the lawyers who file the suits in the first place? Wouldn't that money be better spent directly on the athletic programs in question?

Profile in Persistence: BYU's Jon Kotter

Earlier this year, we introduced you to Andy Bayer, a walk-on athlete at the University of Indiana who persevered through injury to become an All-American in cross country.

Today, I'd like to introduce you to another walk-on who didn't let injury and a roster cap keep him from his dream of earning himself a place at the NCAA Track Championships. His name is Jon Kotter and he's a middle distance runner at Brigham Young University.

The following is from the Mormon Times:

Kotter was a good but unspectacular runner at Alta High School, placing third and fifth in the 3,200- and 1,600-meter runs, respectively, at the state track championships. That drew no interest from college coaches.

Kotter served an LDS Church mission in Rome and ran just twice during the next two years, which was one too many. During his second run, he tripped and fell to the asphalt, breaking both elbows.

He returned from his mission in January 2006 and tried out for BYU's cross-country team that fall. Collegiate teams are limited by the NCAA (read: Title IX and the federal government) in the number of athletes they can retain on a roster, even if they want to run without a scholarship. When Kotter failed to crack the top 20, he was cut from the team. Rules forbade him even from practicing with the team.

"I took a few days to reevaluate how much time I could commit to running," he says. "I wasn't doing well in school, and I had to have a job. Still, it was a dream of mine, so I kept training."

Boy did he ever. Even though he didn't have a scholarship and was barred from practicing with the team, he kept at it on his own, and now he's turning in the best times of his running career:

Kotter trained alone for the next few months, sometimes passing the BYU runners going the other way on the road. "It was a little depressing," he says. He tried out for the track team in the winter and this time made the team by winning a 3,000-meter time trial.

Kotter improved steadily but gradually. He placed sixth in the 5,000 at the indoor conference championships as a sophomore. He placed in the top five in both the 5K and 3K at last year's indoor conference meet. This year, BYU took Kotter to his first outdoor conference championships, where he rewarded the team with a second-place finish in the 10,000.

BTW -- Jon is getting all of this done while completing his first year in law school.

It's important to remind people why we like talking about athletes like Andy and Jon. Simply put, if the quota crowd had their way, athletes like them would be put on the sidelines permanently.

Once again, here's a quote from Marilyn McNeil, the Athletic Director at Monmouth University, one that she gave the New York Times in a story about how walk-ons were becoming an endangered species:

''I hated the movie 'Rudy,' '' said Marilyn McNeil, athletic director of Monmouth University in West Long Branch, N.J., referring to the film about perhaps the most famous walk-on of all, Rudy Ruettiger of Notre Dame. Ruettiger endured years as a scrub on the practice squad until, as a senior concluding his career, he was allowed into a game for one play, and he sacked the quarterback.

''If you're not going to get your uniform dirty during games, you shouldn't be on the team,'' said McNeil, who is also the chairwoman of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's committee on women's athletics. ''I believe there is still an opportunity for a walk-on to bloom on our teams, but there has to be a cutoff date for those who just want to hang around. We can't afford it. It's time to tell these students: 'You've got other talents. Go write about sports at the school newspaper, join the debate team, or maybe you've got a nice voice and belong on the stage.'

''Some guys just like to be part of the group. Then 10 years later they will talk about being on their college team, when the fact is they never played.''

When I talk to college coaches, they have a name they call folks like McNeil: dream stealers.

Remember, if the folks who are in favor of proportionality continue to get their way at the nation's colleges, universities and high schools, there will be that many fewer opportunities for athletes who have a dream.

"Title IX operates as a quota."

Here's a Letter to the Editor that was published at PhillyBurbs.com this morning that I wanted to share:

To the Editor:

Ms. Koblan's May 10 letter fails to state the intent of Title IX. Unfortunately, Title IX is no longer faithful to anti-discrimination. Instead, it discriminates against males and has contributed to the reduction of programs for male athletes.

Title IX operates as a quota. It places undue emphasis on proportionality, which fails to take into account any differences in the genders' respective levels of interest in participating in athletics.

The original purpose of Title IX policy was for the prevention of discrimination. Instead, it amounts to an exercise in governmentally mandated social engineering, whereby athletic opportunities are taken away from male students and given to female students.

Due to the unnecessary reduction of male athletic opportunities, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights recommended in April that Title IX policy should use surveys to measure interest, and specifically recommended the Department of Education regulation on interest and abilities be revised "to explicitly take into account the interest of both sexes rather than just the interest of the underrepresented sex," almost always females.

Allan E. Carson
Assistant football coach
New Hope-Solebury High School

For more on that USCCR report that suggested those changes, click here.

Strike IX: The Story of the Providence College Baseball Team

One of the great frustrations I have about talking with gender quota activists is there complete lack of empathy with the athletes who have been hurt by the way Title IX has been enforced. And one of the stories that needs to be told concerns the Baseball team at Providence College, a squad that found out its program was going to be eliminated at the end of the season, but then rallied to win a Big East Conference Championship.

It's a story that author Paul Lonardo tells in Strike IX, The Story of the Big East College Forced to Eliminate its Baseball Program and the Team that Refused to Lose:

In October 1998, as fall practice was getting underway for the Providence College baseball team, the players and coaches learned that their sport was going to be eliminated after the 1999 season in order to comply with Title IX provisions, a federal law enacted to ensure that schools did not discriminate against female athletes. Knowing that this was going to be the last year that baseball would be played at PC, the team decided to put their emotions and anger aside and make it a season to remember. The Friars went out and had what was arguably the best season in the 80-year history of the school sport. They worked hard—and partied hard—and were eventually crowned Big East Champions (click here to view players statistics), but were not satisfied with that as they advanced into the Division I NCAA playoffs.

Strike IX is the story of this historic year and the players who decided to make their statement on the field and show the school administration that they made a mistake.

Click here for a review from CollegeBaseball360.com.

The No Cut Tennis Program

I was on the phone with CSC chairman Eric Pearson earlier today, and he pointed me to the following page on the USTA Web site that he thought we should share with our readers:

Top Reasons to Offer a No-Cut Tennis Program

* It's the right thing to do - every child should have the opporunity to engage in healthy, lifelong activities in a safe and supportive environment with their peers.
* A no-cut policy sends the message that developing kids, even the less talented and/or late bloomers, is important to the coach and school.
* Participating on a team helps create well rounded student athletes, develops leadership and teaches responsibility, discipline, teamwork and cooperation - skills every student should be entitled to develop.
* One week of tryouts is not enough for a coach to know who the best players will be in four years. Coaches are often pleasantly surprised by the contributions made by individuals considered to have less potential.
* Children who are cut from sport programs are almost always the least skilled or those who have discipline problems. It is precisely these youngsters who are in need of an opportunity to grow through sport. “ Frank L. Smoll and Ronald E. Smith, Sports and Your Child, second edition; Warde Publishers, Inc. 2005
* Veteran no-cut coaches typically have higher winning percentages because they are able to capitalize on talent from a larger pool of players.
* Coaches conducting no-cut programs implement better coaching techniques, group management skills and set a great example for other school activities.
* No-cut programs open more opportunities for cooperation with parents, school and community that can result in much needed booster support as well as a built-in fan base for team matches
* Giving students the opportunity to be on a team with friends and representing their high school can provide a positive and memorable experience that will benefit them long into adulthood.
* Tennis helps athletes develop strength, flexibility, balance and agility along with aerobic and anaerobic capacity. Research shows that tennis players score high in vigor, optimism, and self-esteem, and lower in depression, anger, confusion, anxiety and tension than other athletes and non-athletes.

Very interesting. I wonder how many programs around the country use this method, and just how successful they are. Please feel free to pass along your stories as well.

Yahoo! Asks: Should Title IX Be Reformed?

Earlier this morning, I saw the following question posted on Yahoo! Answers: "I think there should be reform in Title IX. Do you agree?"

While I think it's clear what my answer would be, I think our readers should feel free to chime in with their own responses.

Quote of the Day: Dan Magill

From the Athens Banner-Herald:

There's nothing wrong with the original intent of Title IX. Women absolutely should have "equal opportunity." But part of the misinterpretation of Title IX was citing the fact that collegiate football teams averaged about 85 scholarships on the squad, and therefore other men's sports were reduced in numbers to help the women have the same grand total of scholarships as men. For example, men's tennis teams were reduced from eight full scholarships to 4.5 scholarships, and women remained at eight full scholarships. That's unfair to men.

Dan Magill is a columnist for the Banner-Herald, and is the former men's tennis coach at the University of Georgia. That's the same program that produced one of the most exciting American men on the pro tour, John Isner.

More on Title IX and STEM

For those of you unfamiliar with the acronym, STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. And once gender quota activists have done their level best to drive men off the playing field at the college level, expect them to turn their attention to those academic programs.

Sally Pipes, who writes "The Contrarian" at the Pacific Research Institute, explains:

As Contrarian readers know, it is always wise to look at the facts before assuming that any statistical disparity in American society is a result of gender bias or discrimination. Women’s activist groups, however, make assumptions like that for a living. Consider a recent AAUW study funded by a $250k grant from the National Science Foundation. This study, titled Why So Few? is actually not a study at all, but a summary of several reports published in the last decade.

Why So Few? highlights society’s propensity to consider STEM jobs “masculine,” and humanities, education, and healthcare jobs “feminine.” It asserts that these attitudes form the basis for STEM discrimination, because girls are less likely to apply themselves to subjects that society considers masculine. Indeed, even girls who are gifted at math and science are far less likely to pursue STEM careers than their male counterparts.

Why So Few? doesn’t attempt to prove that gender bias is the sole contributing factor to the STEM gender gap. The authors admit that biological factors, such as interest or innate ability, may lead more men than women to major in math and science. This important point, however, is quickly brushed aside. The AAUW is not interested in the degree to which biology accounts for the disparity between men and women in STEM fields. Rather, the purpose of the study is to highlight the possible presence of bias, regardless of whether or not men enjoy a natural talent and propensity for math and science.

Something tells me that this situation must look awfully familiar to folks who work in college athletic departments around the nation. Furthermore ...

It is one thing to apply radical social engineering projects to college sports departments. It is quite another to apply them to the nation’s science, technology, engineering, and math industries. Title IX will not create a more vigorous academic environment, as the AAUW contends. It will bar countless qualified individuals from contributing to American innovation and discovery in the 21st Century.

While Ms. Pipes is correct in her conclusion, I can't help but express a bit of disappointment as to her seeming acceptance of the use of gender quotas in college sports. As we've continually chronicled here, the hard gender quota has been grossly unfair, has thrown or kept thousands of male athletes off the field and continues to introduce real distortions into college athletics. Perhaps if more academics stood shoulder to shoulder with athletes, this sort of initiative could get stopped in its tracks.

For more on the drastic implications, click here.

Save College Swimming, Go For 5!

Reprinted from Swimming World Magazine:

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, May 6. ON January 25, 2010, Duquesne University announced the elimination of four (4) collegiate men's athletic programs, including swimming, baseball, wrestling and golf. The University cited Title IX (gender equity), as well as a desire to allocate further funds to its core sports (basketball and football), as the reasons behind its decision. The unexpected announcement devastated both the men's and women's swim teams, along with many alumni and parents.

Unified by the cause to reinstate men's swimming at Duquesne, and a desire to stop the growing deterioration of long standing collegiate sports, present swimmers, parents and alumni joined forces to develop the Go for 5! program. The Go for 5! program is under the direction of the Duquesne Swimming Alumni Association, a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation, and has been endorsed by USA Swimming, the College Sports Council, the College Swimming Coaches Association, U.S. Swimming and Olympic Gold medalist, Josh Davis.

"The Go for 5! program is not just about saving men's swimming at Duquesne University, it's about raising awareness regarding the valuable men's and women's athletic programs being cut nationally at a alarming rate due to unjustified fiscal and Title IX reasons!" states Nic Vitina, Director of the Duquesne Swimming Alumni Association. "We feel the international network of swimmers, and those who simply value athletics, will help support this initiative and our efforts to preserve sports such as swimming for the generations following us."

Over the last 5 years, 46 Division I men's teams have been cut for funding and alleged Title IX reasons. Once comprising over 65% of the Division I teams, men's teams now only comprise 40% of member associations. Divisions II and III have also experienced cuts. If the loss of such programs continues, present and future Olympic sport athletes will have limited chances to pursue their sport beyond high school. Only the most elite swimmers will have an opportunity to live the collegiate student athlete experience, which will eventually lead to extinction of the sport.

The Go for 5! program is designed to address the ongoing loss of collegiate swimming programs by focusing on saving "ONE PROGRAM AT A TIME"; Lend financial and infrastructural support to at risk programs and/or those seeking reinstatement and Affect change at the University level by educating such institutions on the tremendous value associated with Olympic sports, such as swimming. It is time to take a stand and stop the needless and unjustified cuts being made.

Join us in our quest to save collegiate swimming by donating $5.00 or more to the cause at www.gofor5.org. Help us show the amazing impact as little as $5.00 can have on this pressing problem!

All donations are tax deductible.

Ways to support the cause:
1. Go to www.gofor5.org and make a tax deductible donation
2. Send a donation to:
Go For 5!
c/o Duquesne Swimming Alumni Association
121 Pinehurst Lane
Gibsonia, PA 15044
3. Join us on Facebook.
4. Spread the word.

Man Bites Dog: KU Agrees to Add Male Athletes

From KU Sports:

Kansas Athletics has reached an agreement with the government addressing a complaint that it discriminates against male athletes.

KU will have to submit documentation and a plan to ensure it is in full compliance with the law as part of the agreement, which resolves a Title IX complaint filed last November.

The agreement doesn’t mean KU is out of compliance with Title IX, but was a mutually agreed upon course of action to resolve the complaint between KU and the Office of Civil Rights, which oversees Title IX regulations.

Ron Neugent, a Wichita dentist and former KU swimmer who was a member of the 1980 Olympic team, filed the initial complaint against KU using the civil rights legislation long used to bring about equality for women.

At Kansas Athletics today, unlike many cases in the past, men are the under-represented gender. Though men and women are enrolled at KU in about equal rates, women comprise nearly 55 percent of the total student-athletes at the university.

Our buddy Bob Button says we all should keep an eye on this situation. I do too.

CSC Chairman: "CSUB wrestling team has earned the right to survive"

A few weeks back we told you about how the wrestling team at CS-Bakersfield was slated for elimination. Earlier today, the Bakersfield American ran an editorial by CSC Chairman Eric Pearson where he writes about how the team has earned a chance to continue:

California's statewide budget crisis has hit college campuses hard. Students have protested cuts in services and increases in their fees, and many of the state's college athletes have found themselves benched by the budget.

When college sports teams face elimination, spending on football is often blamed. However, nearly 40 percent of NCAA schools don't have varsity football teams. That's the case at Cal State Bakersfield, which announced plans in February to cut its golf, tennis and wrestling programs. When cuts are applied to athletic teams, male athletes face the disproportionate share of the sacrifice, thanks to Title IX's gender quota. Female athletes have the threat of litigation on their side, but Title IX doesn't afford any such protection to male students.

The "blame football" narrative obscures the fact that many threatened men's programs offer to fund themselves in order to survive. Unfortunately, money alone is often not enough to overcome Title IX's gender quota, which works by counting the number of athletes, not dollars.

Its rigid formula requires that the gender ratio of a school's varsity athletes mirror the gender ratio of the undergraduate population. Three years ago, the Fresno State wrestling team was threatened, and supporters of the program stepped forward with funding. The school refused the offer. Even though Title IX compliance wasn't originally cited as the reason for dropping the team, it is a barrier to the program's reinstatement.

Bakersfield is another example of what a community will do to save a college team. After the announcement to terminate the wrestling team, legendary coach T.J. Kerr offered to retire early, so that his salary could go toward savings in the program's budget. What is even more impressive is that Kerr had the foresight to establish an endowment, which is valued at more than $400,000, while also setting aside an additional $100,000 for a rainy-day fund.

The CSUB assistant wrestling coach, Mike Mendoza, proposed further budget cuts for next season, showing his willingness to make sacrifices as the likely future leader of the program.

Moreover, supporters in the community have offered to fund the team's entire budget for the next two years.

In an announcement justifying the cuts, CSUB Athletic Director Rudy Carvajal said, "The ongoing financial crisis requires extraordinary measures to ensure the long-term sustainability of the Roadrunner athletics program."

If that's the case, then cutting the wrestling program at CSUB sends the wrong message.

While it would be unfair to require every men's college team threatened by budget cuts and Title IX to fund an endowment in order to survive, it is an injustice to punish a program that has demonstrated such responsible behavior. The California State University system must encourage good fiscal management, and should embrace the extraordinary effort of the CSUB wrestling team to save its great tradition.

Eric Pearson is chairman of the College Sports Council. He lives in Los Angeles.

Good luck to our friends at Bakersfield. Hopefully, we can get another happy ending like we saw at CS-Fullerton.

Husband and Wife Team to Save CS-Fullerton Gymnastics and Wrestling Programs

Here's a piece of good news from California at a time when all we seem to be talking about are how budget pressures are leading to the elimination of teams:

Thanks to generous donations from gymnastics and wrestling communities, the Cal State Fullerton gymnastics and wrestling programs have been retained for the 2010-11 academic year.

“All along I thought we could do it,” said wrestling Head Coach Dan Hicks. “I don’t think anyone else in the world thought we could do it, but we thought we could.”

The gymnastics and wrestling teams had to raise $280,000 and $200,000, respectively, by May 1, to ensure their survival.

“It has been a long year and it hasn’t really sunk in. There are a lot of challenges to come,” said gymnastics Head Coach Jill Hicks. “I am really grateful that we have another year.”

A $65,000 private donation right before the deadline gave the gymnastics program enough to get by.

“Raising money is not easy, especially in this economy, but many people were generous in their support,” said Brian Quinn, CSUF athletics director.

Because of Title IX – which provides women equal opportunity in college athletics – both teams needed to fund enough money to rule out elimination.

This put the Hickses in a unique position, being husband and wife, with the task of funding their own programs.

Here at the CSC, Coach Hicks first contacted us in July 2009 about his program's predicament, and we're thrilled he was able to raise the money to keep two great programs. I'll be following up with Coach Hicks personally, so look for more info on the situation at CS-Fullerton in the coming days.

OCR Opens Title IX Investigation at Diablo Valley College

From the Diablo Valley College Inquirer:

DVC may have violated Title IX with its plan to shut down several sports programs because of budget cuts, according to complaints filed with the Contra Costa Community College District and the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights.

One of the two complainants, head tennis coach Peter Benko, said Tuesday he had received a message from the OCR saying it was expanding its investigation to Los Medanos and Contra Costa colleges, in addition to DVC.

The Inquirer was unable to reach OCR investigators by its press deadline.

Benko and Daniel Cruz, head track coach, allege the elimination next year of men and women’s track, cross country, and tennis will drop the proportion of females in DVC athletic programs from 39 percent to 38 percent.

In addition, they point out that DVC hasn't added any women programs in approximately 10 years, and all the women programs in question are popular among the students.

Good to know that OCR is on the case after a school experiences a 1% drop in the number of female athletes on campus. In other places, this would be known as a rounding error, but I guess that's not the case here.

If a drop so insignificant can trigger an investigation, I'm going to guess that the nation's colleges and universities are in for a very rough couple of years at the hands of OCR. Hold on tight.

The Long Odds Against American Male Soccer Players

A little less than a year ago, ESPN was one of the media outlets that picked up our study about the scholarship disparities that exist in gender symmetric sports. And today, ESPN.com, in a story about the number of scholarships available in college soccer, included this important bit of perspective straight out of our study:

A study published in July 2009 by College Sports Council shows that men’s soccer remains among the most difficult sports in which to earn a scholarship. There is an average of one Division I scholarship available for every 196 high school soccer players. Only men’s track and men’s volleyball faced longer odds. Factor in that many elite, college-bound players who bypass high school to focus on club soccer, then the ratio becomes even greater for the high school soccer player.

For more about how Title IX is strangling the growth of Men's college soccer, click here.

Clemson Eliminates Men's Swimming and Diving

Over the weekend, we got the news that Clemson University has decided to phase out its entire Men's Swimming and Diving Program as well as Women's Swimming. For some reason we can't fathom, Women's Diving has gotten a reprieve, though we would have to imagine that it's going to be awfully lonely in the pool come 2012, when the other teams will cease to exist.

More than a few folks are claiming that Title IX has nothing to do with the cuts, but when you factor in that the Women's Diving team was saved, while the school is now considering adding Women's Golf, it's clear that the school was cognizant of the numbers when it made the decision.

In any case, the team's are fighting back. Click here to join the Facebook group to save the programs. And good luck to our friends at Clemson.

The Top 10 Things You Really Didn't Know About Title IX

Over the weekend, U.S. News and World Report put together a list of 10 Things You Didn't Know About Title IX, a list that contained points supplied by the U.S. Department of Education and the Women's Educational Equity Act Resource Center.

But what U.S. News didn't count on was the fact that the CSC's Clay McEldowney was paying attention, and came up with his own top 10 list that he left in the comment string:

1. Title IX has morphed from an anti-discrimination law into a quota which discriminates against males in college athletics.

2. The number of wrestling teams in the NCAA has plummeted and is still dropping despite being the 6th most popular sport in high school, well ahead of lacrosse and ice hockey.

3. Schools resort to "roster management," or cutting non-recruited males from athletic teams,to comply with the quota.

4. There are 3 female soccer players for every 2 male soccer players in college today despite there being more boys playing soccer in high schools.

5. There are about 1000 more female athletic teams in college than male teams.

6. The Obama administration asserts that it is "strengthening" Title IX by eliminating the use of interest surveys when actually weakening the ability for males to participate in college athletics.

7. There are no more Rudys playing college football.

8. Title IX virtually prevents a college from adding back a male team once it drops it.

9. The National Women's Law Center is cashing in on suing colleges that don't comply with Title IX's quota requirements.

10. Males are becoming increasingly less interested in attending college in part due to there being fewer athletic opportunities for them, with about 56% of students being female right now.

Thanks to Clay for staying on point, and for keeping journalists who only want to tell one side of the story on their toes.

UPDATE: Thanks to our friends Allison Kasic and Bob Button for noticing our comparison