BucBisonAtLarge
August 10th, 2012, 08:49 PM
The 2012 success of US women in various disciplines, from to athletics to volleyball and water polo, has been unparalleled. Here in the 40th anniversary year of Title IX, can the number of programs being operated at the high school and college level in women's sports be credited in part to the commitment to keep football on campus?
The number of women playing olympic sports at an elite level in college has never been greater. The paradigm shift, where girls expect now to play sports, even impacts disciplines like gymnastics, where the elite are selected and trained at an even younger age.
As the uncle of five nieces, one an all-New England cross country runner and another an elite gymnast and a third briefly a rower at college, know that expectations of girls have altered and so have the opportunities.
Regardless of scholarship levels, the sheer humber of varsity slots in sport are increased in the presence of football-- sports like water polo, and women's rowing, particularly on the east coast.
The number of women playing olympic sports at an elite level in college has never been greater. The paradigm shift, where girls expect now to play sports, even impacts disciplines like gymnastics, where the elite are selected and trained at an even younger age.
As the uncle of five nieces, one an all-New England cross country runner and another an elite gymnast and a third briefly a rower at college, know that expectations of girls have altered and so have the opportunities.
Regardless of scholarship levels, the sheer humber of varsity slots in sport are increased in the presence of football-- sports like water polo, and women's rowing, particularly on the east coast.