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.). --------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------- HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.