I teach environmental studies and economics at Sweet Briar College in Virginia.
Rob Sent from my iPad On Jul 12, 2011, at 9:52 PM, Jerry Belloit <[email protected]> wrote: > Rob, > > Where do you teach? > > Jerry > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Rob Alexander > Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 7:28 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [gatortalk] GatorTalk Poll: First game of the year > > Yeah, I'm pretty sure the government has never come along and asked my > college to add any men's sports. (I teach at a women's college.) > > Rob > > > > Sent from my iPad > > On Jul 12, 2011, at 5:20 PM, Jerry Belloit <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Zeb, >> >> I am not sure, but I believe that Title IX is a more of a scholarship and >> facilities parity rather than total spending. Looking at the current >> budget, we are probably at parity. I don't think the law would require >> exactly the same numbers at all times--that would not be realistic since >> students come and go at all times during a year. I also think that there > is >> probably something related to the gender breakdown of the student >> population. I cannot imagine that VMI would have to have the same number > of >> women's athletic scholarships as men's. Neither would I imagine that > Wells >> College would be required to add more men's sports. >> >> Jerry >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of John Vega >> Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 1:42 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [gatortalk] GatorTalk Poll: First game of the year >> >> >> On Jul 11, 2011, at 5:53 PM, Helen Huntley wrote: >> >>> There must be some allowances in Title IX because UF continues to spend >> far more on football than on anything else--and I'm not against that. >> >> It's been a while, but the allowances are along the lines of >> >> if there is an inequity (and there was at every university with a major >> football program), then >> >> 1. the inequity must not be allowed to worsen; and >> >> 2. the university must show progress towards eliminating that inequity >> >> #1 applies at all points in time. So, a school that might have been 85-15 > at >> the time Title IX was adopted and improves to 65-35 cann't backslide to >> 70-30. >> >> In short, assuming that most sports (track, swimming) have equal men's and >> women's scholarships, a school with a scholarship football program needs >> additional women-only sports that add up to 85 scholarships before it can >> think of adding a men's sport. >> >> So, UF has been in compliance as it has continually progressed towards >> eliminating the inequity that existed at Title IX's adoption, even if > parity >> has not yet been achieved. >> >> -Zeb >> >> -- >> GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! >> 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions >> 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions >> 2008 National Football Champions | >> Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel > (1996), >> Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us >> >> -- >> GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! >> 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions >> 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions >> 2008 National Football Champions | >> Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel > (1996), >> Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us
