Critics observe that the law has turned college sports into a quota system.
Another casualty of Title IX has been Providence College's championship men's baseball team, which was eliminated this year along with men's tennis and golf in order to increase the school's female athlete participation to match its 57 percent female student body. At Miami University of Ohio, men's wrestling, soccer and tennis were dropped last month for the same reasons. Boston College has been forced to drop men's lacrosse, water polo and wrestling. The Independent Women's Forum, working with several athletic organizations, has documented the loss of more than 350 men's teams since 1992. Cybercast News Service.