The coach found the number of female wrestlers in high schools had doubled the previous five years, he told Reason magazine. Unfortunately, the coach's initiative came a couple of decades too late. Administrators did away with the men's team. The numbers targets create all sorts of resentment, and for good reason. Title IX gives schools several ways to provide equal opportunity without playing a numbers game.
Schools also can show they have a history of expanding opportunities for female sports programst.
Schools are now acting out of fear, not reason In truth, what's guiding administrators today is fear, not reason. It's fear of lawsuits from women's groups that have exposed the double standards that remain on some campuses. The gap between high schools and college campuses explains a lot. Before Title IX, there were 12 boys for every one girl playing sports in high schools nationwide. Last school year, there were 2.7 million girls and 3.8 million boys playing sports.