tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post2281822120142721262..comments2024-03-26T09:23:26.937-04:00Comments on ZooTennis: East Carolina Reinstates Women's Tennis; Duke Signs Berankova; Turati Earns First WTA Victory; Brooksby, Holt Reach UTR Newport Beach $25K SemifinalsColette Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14905215531491180014noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-22729798618771125872021-01-12T13:48:26.024-05:002021-01-12T13:48:26.024-05:00No argument that football is still king. But one t...No argument that football is still king. But one thing to keep an eye on is that participation is dropping at the youth level. HS participation dropped an average of about 25,000 players over a recent 3-year stretch. It will be interesting to see how this plays out over the long term.Mr. Concussionnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-59950157000490295142021-01-12T11:38:42.154-05:002021-01-12T11:38:42.154-05:00@Max Ho - 85 Scholarships for Football is the issu...@Max Ho - 85 Scholarships for Football is the issue. Of course you need MANY more women's teams to get to the number. No one is arguing Title IX hasn't forced more women's teams OR more scholarship money for fewer teams. If a University added 15 More Women's sports, they'd offer partial scholarships to not exceed their budget and be in compliance with Title IX.<br /><br />So the issue mens sports start at a deficit of 85, while still having 7 additional Sports. I'd bet if they removed that number you'd have fewer mens sports and more FULL Scholarships for men. Maybe the answer is Womens Football (actually) it is part of why I felt the push for Lacrosse to be expanded across HS Athletic Depts. Truly that is where id focus my efforts, and shrink the Football scholarship pool.<br /><br />SeminoleGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09348591540345947462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-79869026104160030282021-01-10T16:22:07.318-05:002021-01-10T16:22:07.318-05:00Need some help here, so a 20 yr old foreigner who ...Need some help here, so a 20 yr old foreigner who has tried the tour can come to school here on scholarship but an American who takes a gap year cannot compete in the 6 months prior to starting schoolBrian deVilliershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17086322879660049114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-47839214598038830792021-01-09T23:00:10.775-05:002021-01-09T23:00:10.775-05:00Divsion 1 schools are required to have at least 7 ...Divsion 1 schools are required to have at least 7 sports for both men and women or 6 for men and 8 for women. Any school that plays D1 football (also Men's Lacrosse) has to have a lot of women's teams to make up the difference. The two ways of being compliant in title 9 are adding women's sports and cutting men's. The teams that are suffering the most for men are Wrestling, Gymnastics, Volleyball, Water Polo, and Tennis. I am all for as many teams that are financially feasible for the school, if that means to have fewer sports or requiring non-revenue sports to self-fund I get it.<br /><br />There is no possible reason women should have double scholarships than men other than title 9, I don't think anyone can argue that there is more participation (draw size or any other measure) on the girl's/women's side. When you add the foreign component to men's tennis 4.5 scholarships it is pretty rough. My college coach left for a women's job after I graduated was unable to give out 8 scholarships to D1 quality players.Max Hohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11722804604997845975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-83840147959031718542021-01-09T18:10:15.620-05:002021-01-09T18:10:15.620-05:00Title IX does not look at individual sports, it is...Title IX does not look at individual sports, it is a budgeting number. Yes football has 85, it doesn't have to have that many. BUT since it does women's sports require equal money. So after Soccer, it takes a lot of small teams to equal 85 + the rest of the Men's Sports. I've often said maybe if you allowed Universities to give scholarship money to Sports "Support Majors", Physical Therapy, Sports Medicine etc, you could achieve the ultimate goal of spreading the funds, without having a bunch of barley competitive women's teams. I know "barley competitive" is a trojan horse, when you consider Vanderbilt football is a joke.<br /><br />So Swimming, Water Polo, Soccer, Hockey, etc are luck they even have a team. If it was not for the women's counterparts (many not competitive) they would have ZERO.<br /><br />Yes Swimming has 14 but that 14 allows the men to have 10, and so on. I think you are looking at it from the wrong perspective. SeminoleGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09348591540345947462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-29829631814348900422021-01-07T23:24:28.561-05:002021-01-07T23:24:28.561-05:00Great to see ECU women's tennis come back, but...Great to see ECU women's tennis come back, but 6 of top 7 singles all foreign on 2019-20 roster. Like you said the only reason women's tennis is back is title 9, I think ever one should have equal access to playa sport, but title 9 should be adjusted for football which has 85 scholarships. Have women's sports adjusted down around 30 or 40 less so you are not forcing so many scholarships, women's tennis at 8 vs 4.5 for men's is crazy:<br />Swimming W 14 M 10<br />Water Polo W 8 M 4.5<br />Soccer W 14 M 10<br />Ice Hockey W 18 M 18<br />This is all because of football which is one of two sports that brings in revenue <br /> Alex Hohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18089638307058066014noreply@blogger.com