Article here. Excerpt:
'Most people associate Title IX with athletics as the main point as it states that men and women should be treated equally when it comes to athletics. It states that athletic participation should be proportional to the student enrollment. I understand where they were originally coming from and there is nothing wrong with women playing sports. It is great seeing the success and attendance of women's athletics, especially here at Iowa State with our basketball team.
The problem here, though, is with reverse discrimination. In order to be fair, basically the same number of players from each sex need to play. So sports such as basketball, soccer, track and gymnastics are fine because each sex can play them. Then you have the problem with football. Football is a male sport only. So in order to make it fair for the females, we either need to make a football team with the same number of females or cut smaller men's sports programs.
Most colleges, including Iowa State, chose to do such. Wrestling was the first and largest victim to this rule at the beginning. In all, 121 schools have cut their wrestling programs, and despite all of the tradition and success of Iowa State's wrestling program, that number was almost 122. Swimming, golf, tennis, soccer, track and many other smaller men's sports have been cut. There are many talented athletes that play sports like soccer and baseball, but because of Title IX they don't have the opportunity here to play at the collegiate level.
This is discrimination against male athletes. We get all worked up when just a few people get offended on some issue and have to discriminate against the majority just to please the minority. Now, I'm not attacking women's rights here. What I am saying is that if you want to be treated equally, then be treated equally. You don't need special exceptions and benefits, because then you aren't equal.'
