What a mess Title IX has turned into!It was originally supposed to allow for equal opportunities. Things like comparable sports offerings, facilities, equipment, coaching, etc. are what it should be all about.
Instead, it's been used in all sorts of ways that were never intended.
The dad of a girl in Nevada is using Title IX so his little baby won't have to choose between two sports.
Nevada doesn't have a true state championship in girls' soccer. That's because different parts of the state have their soccer season's at different times of the year. They've been trying to remedy that situation by moving the entire state to a fall soccer season.
Eric Johnson is trying to block the move, citing Title IX. It seems that his daughter, Emma, wants to play both volleyball and soccer. Moving soccer to the fall would mean she'd have to make a choice between the two.
Emma Johnson participated in soccer and volleyball as a freshman this school year but would have to choose between the two sports if soccer were moved to the fall.
If girls soccer moved to the fall, the only sports available to girls during the winter season would be basketball and bowling. Boys would have basketball, bowling and wrestling, and the Johnsons claimed that would violate Title IX.
Read more here.
What about all the young ladies who want a state soccer tournament? I'd be willing to bet that many of them aren't all that happy with what Title IX has become...
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