Football is taking our track

Not at my office.

We have 4 women out right now on bed rest, and they will be out for the next 5 months.

They all get paid very well, and have their jobs waiting, obviously.

I don't feel like my company is super progressive.

Just letting you know that all of the corporate world isn't screwed up.

You must work for some back-country corporation. How about joining the real world?

It makes me want to have a baby.

I work for the Federal Reserve Bank you dope...

and besides are you really that naive to think that your job being held for you is all there is to it? join the real world when you get a chance

Women have no pride. They love being catered to and then behaving like they 'did it all on their own'. The fact of the matter is, women are collectively progressing in the world but it's not fast enough for your greedy asses. Maybe there will always be more male CEOs because, no matter how many scholarships we force upon women, they still overwhelmingly push to get degrees in social sciences/education and often, even with a college degree, move on to work pink collar jobs. What the hell do you expect all to do about that?

While I am against these 'reverse discimination' laws, I an afaid that many of those who benefit from them are actually missing the point -- the point of these rules is to give everyone an OPPORTUNIITY. In thie OP's case, this was an opportunity to find out that the real world is a bitch and, man or woman, sometime's the powers that be are gonna give a shit about you.

I don't know much about the corporate world but I'd like to point out that (I believe) there are more women in college now than men. Change takes a long time, unfortunately, but perhaps with this progression soon there will be no choice but to completely remove the ceiling that's slowly been rising over the years.

Anyway, back to the topic. It would be nice if the new stadium included a track. However, I'm unsure whether there are other reasons that would keep the track teams from practicing on it when football season is over.

Many of these posts are a reminder of how shallow and petty we can be. If it was some guy posting about his school losing their track to a football stadium, we'd be giving him our support and talking about how much it sucks that football rules the world. A girl comes on and brings up title IX and everyone goes ape shit. Ridiculous. The problem isn't title IX, the problem is where track lies on the athletic pecking order and the fact that football gets 85 scholarships.

Georgie1188 wrote:

WE do have a mens program. THey are losing their track too. THere is nothing they can do because they are men. we just thought with title 9 as females we could do something.

Does someone smell troll around here?

No it's not a troll.I know the school and it's true.

Coaching over the Rainbow wrote:

No it's not a troll.I know the school and it's true.

Are you stupid? Read her last sentence again.

Well, I think this is hilarious.

"Screw the men, We're women damn it and we deserve special treatment!"

If it's not a troll it's very sad someone to stupid is attending a college somewhere. I would be upset that a track program (men's and women's) is losing the track but when some moron comes on and only cares about the women then I lose interest in helping them (not that I could do anything anyway).

Screw off.

Are you guys really as stupid as you're making yourselves out to be?

There is little legal recourse when men's track gets trampled by football, as morally repugnant as that may be. I think Georgie's point is that perhaps Title IX can be used as a wedge to save the track (or have a new one built) to the benefit of women's AND men's track.

distant early warning wrote:

why do i feel like my race and gender are slowly and systematically being snuffed out? why do i feel all alone and helpless? why are we not uniting and what are we waiting for? who will lead us?

stop sobbing and show some testicles. start a hotness thread.

It's morally repugnant for men's track to get cut in lieu of football? Really?

Harry Kooter wrote:

It's been a while since I have actually read the wording of title 9, but I'm fairly certain that it doesn't require the school to provide you with a track.

Quit yer whining like a girl and go train at the high school track.....who cares where you freakin run in a circle.....you don't see NASCAR drivers bizathin each week cuz they have to turn left at a different track each week.....

Sorry...quoted the wrong person....meant to quote the thread whiner....

Georgetown seems to be doing alright without a track...

Joe Bradley wrote:

Are you guys really as stupid as you're making yourselves out to be?

There is little legal recourse when men's track gets trampled by football, as morally repugnant as that may be.

Why the hell should there be "legal recourse" for a school removing a track? It's not illegal. It sucks for the team, but the school has no legal obligation to provide a track or any other athletic facilities.

If I were part of the women's team, I'd hire a lawyer ASAP. Title IX covers everything, number of atheletes, facilities, travel money, the works. This case sounds like a slam dunk win, and most likely the lawyer won't charge the team a penny. Instead, the lawyer will work behind the scenes to make sure the track gets saved, while chargng the school a 'consulting fee' in the prcoess.

I hate Title IX, but since it exists, you might as well take advantage of it and save a track in the process! Don't let anyone dissuade you. Anyone in your shoes would do the same thing.

xcrunner34 wrote:

does title 9 have anything in it about facilities? i thought that title 9 onl required there to be an equal amount of female athletic programs and male athletic programs.

Title IX may not, but you need to look at court rulings. There was a case with a high school a few years back where a local company had paid for a new scoreboard for the baseball diamond but the softball diamond did not have a similar scoreboard.

I cannot remember if the court ruled or the school caved, but the outcome was that the baseball team could not use the new scoreboard.

However, in the Ohio case, I am not sure there is a case since, but with judges and the assinine interpretations of it (more of an issue than I have with the law itself) who can tell.