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Dick Tuthill asked:
> Suppose that a school, currently in gender compliance, with a 50-50
>split in its gender population, wanted to institute men's hockey and go D-1
>with the full compliment of scholarships. Now, let us assume that would
>put this school out of gender compliance; so, they also start a women's
>hockey team. Does the school also have to offer the same (or let's say
>approximately the same) number of scholarships to women, or is the
>establishment of the women's team enough? What I'm getting at here is the
>"two for one" thing we keep hearing about. Is that really the effect of
>the law?
Federal regulations pertaining to Title IX consistently focus on
"equity" between sports for men and women. Assuming a 50-50 gender
split in a college's student population, simply having an equal
number of sports for men and women isn't sufficient. If there are 10
men's sports totaling 250 student-athletes and 10 women's sports
totaling 130 student-athletes, that's not equitable. If the men get
70% of the scholarships, that's not equitable. If the men get new
uniforms every other year and all the sticks they want, while the
women get new uniforms every 4 years and are rationed on sticks,
that's not equitable.
So, fielding a men's hockey team with full scholarships and a
"bare-bones" women's hockey team is probably not going to help a
school with Title IX compliance -- especially given that they are
comparable sports (i.e., use the same facilities, same type of
equipment, etc.).
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Dr. Stephen E. Roth [log in to unmask]
Dean of Student Services
Canisius College (716) 888-2522
Buffalo, New York 14226 FAX (716) 888-3190
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