Research from the NCAA Sports Sponsorship and Participation study in 2006-2007 found some interesting statistics. In sports both men and women participate in, women received 32,656 scholarships, compared to only 20,206 for men. NCAA Division I FBS football teams have a maximum of eighty-five scholarships, and NCAA Division I FCS football teams are allowed sixty-five scholarship for their teams. There are 120 Football Bowl Subdivision schools like University of Minnesota, which tend to be bigger. There are also 123 Football Championship Subdivision schools like the University of Northern Iowa or The North Dakota State University, which tend to be smaller. So, when you do the math the number of scholarships is similar (Watson).
Since “Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972” passed women have had the opportunities they deserve to participate in high school and collegiate athletics they previously did not. Are the opportunities equal, and does Title IX provide them? Women have the same number of scholarships available as men do. Also, women tend to have more sports to participate in while attending a college. Men, though, tend to have more money spent on their side of the athletic department. Under Title IX, that is legal, because some sports like football take more money to operate. The difference in operating budgets cannot discriminate though. The downside is they tend to have less sports to participate in while in college, and also tend to have their sports cut before women’s. Title IX can be hard to enforce, and also leaves some loopholes, but without it women probably would not be playing sports today. Hopefully in the years to come women will have the same amount of money spent on their athletic programs, and men will have an equal number of athletic teams they can be a member of.
Works Cited
"Five Myths about Title IX." ESPN. ESPN Internet Ventures, 29 Apr. 2012. Web. 24 Nov. 2014.
NCAA Revenues/ Expenses Division I Report 2004-2010. Rep. no. 23-24,32-39. N.p.: n.p., n.d.
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Watson, Graham. "Watson: Men's Teams First on Chopping Block Thanks to Title IX Issues."
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