You might expect that those in men's Olympic sports would be excited that the Women's Sports Foundation has publicly opposed the elimination of men's opportunity to achieve Title IX compliance. However, a closer read of the document shows that the WSF still considers dropping men's opportunities acceptable, and is not philosophically against cutting males to achieve a numerical quota. Nowhere does it say that it is wrong to drop a program. But when push comes to shove, in the practical world of college and high school athletics, the WSF still would accept dropping a men's team if it helps bring about a higher level of proportional equity. It is not just those involved in men's Olympic sports that are against proportionality.
Many people are against gender quotas in sports based upon principle.
In a recent issue of the NCAA News, Louis M. Guenin, a Harvard University ethics instructor, comes out against proportionality on ethical grounds. That regulation makes 'equal athletic opportunity' obligatory. The risk associated with policies loosed from the mooring of relative demand is a backlash, of which there are already indications, such as that against affirmative action. As respect for individual interests is an indispensable part of many conceptions of justice, we should expect to foster diverse consequences of diverse interests. Viverito should be nervous.