Study Claims that Title IX Has Hurt Men’s Soccer . . . Really?
"The College Sports Council (CSC) released a study last week claiming that Title IX has hurt men’s soccer. Sadly, the study is just another version of the same old attacks that the CSC and similar groups have launched against Title IX in the courts and in the media for many years—attacks that have been unanimously rejected.
In their latest study, the CSC compares the participation numbers and scholarship limits for males and females in Division I and erroneously claims that the somewhat smaller number of men playing soccer in Division I is the result of a "gender quota." If you’re confused, you’re not alone. There are many pieces of the puzzle that the CSC study conveniently omits.
The elephant in the room that CSC ignores is football and basketball, which together consume three-fourths of the entire men's athletic budget at Division I-A institutions. In addition, men alone are eligible for 85 football scholarships, the highest by far for any sport. So claiming that men are somehow getting the short end of the stick is simply false. Moreover, if certain men’s sports do not believe they are getting sufficient opportunities or resources, they should approach their schools to talk about how sports are prioritized in the men’s program"
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