But it differs fundamentally with the two other groups in saying that the current application of Title IX is unreasonable. It cites surveys indicating that twice as many boys as girls are interested in continuing in sports in college and twice as many play intramural athletics than women. The message is you can play if you are good. There is still not enough reinforcement for young girls to play after a certain age if you are not very, very good. I see it here in intramurals.
More boys play.
They can be absolutely awful, and they don't care. But the only women who play are the ones who are pretty good. The numbers Only about 30,000 women participated in collegiate athletics in 1972. By 1981 that number had tripled. During 1981-99 the number has increased from 90,100 to 162,783, according to a survey by the General Accounting Office released March 8.