Blog Question #5

What is your opinion on Title IX?

"No Person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance."

I think the idea behind the creation of Title IX has a very good purpose. There is no doubt that there should be equal opportunity for both sexes when it comes to participation in sports. If a boy, or a girl attends a college and wants to play a particular sport they should have just as much of a chance as anybody else. The problem I believe with the way they are going about creating these equal opportunities is they are taking away some of the male opportunities to accommodate the females. I understand why this is happening, because there is needed room in the budget, but I believe there could be a different way of going about it.

The male sports that are highly watched by the general population should have no chance of being taken away from schools. I know that it may seem unfair, but I honestly believe that the general population would rather watch a male baseball game than a girl's softball game. Likewise for all the other sports just because I think males are naturally more gifted to be able to play sports. Not that women are not good at sports, but if the best male and the best female go against each other at their respected sport, I believe the male is always going to have the edge. It is this reason that I think male sports are going to be watched more frequently than womens because people want to watch the best of the best. This can be seen in how many people watch the NBA and the WNBA.

I don't really know the best way to go about solving this problem, but I think a better way to go about it might be to open up more opportunities for club sports rather than creating sports through the schools budget. If these sports created for women are ultimately going to lose money for the school than maybe it would be a better idea to offer them through a club system. Same with the sports for males that aren't one of the big three (football, baseball, or basketball). These sports are what people want to watch and they want to watch the best play it so these are the sports and players that should represent the school. Maybe the rest of the sports should still have competition and compete against other people, but not by taking such a hit to the school's budget.

http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/news/story?id=6167220

In this article, Iran is objecting to the logo for the 2012 London Olympics. They are claiming that the logo spells out the word "Zion" which is a biblical term that represents the city of Jerusalem. Iran is threatening to boycott the Games all together if the logo is not changed. The Olympic Committee is challenging the idea saying that logo only was meant to represent 2012, the year the Olympics are to take place. Basically, Muslim states believe this to be a racist logo and are threatening not to show up to the Games if the logo is not changed.