When I heard about the news coming out of the Iowa state wrestling meet I found it very interesting. If you have not heard the news, a male wrestler refused to face a female wrestler in the state wrestling meet on the basis of his faith. As interesting and as sensitive as the topics that this story has the potential to bring up, I never thought that anyone would try to blame the event on Title IX. It is true that Title IX has not been recieved very favorable since its inception in 1972. People have blamed Title IX for the unnecesary cutting of male athletic programs while, at the same time, it has created numerous, some would say undeserving, womens athletic programs but to say that Title IX is somehow a cause of the events that transpired at the state wrestling meet is absolutly ludacris. Title IX's main goal is to promote gender equality in the realm of sports. Title IX does not require the same sports for both men and women and does not even require the integration in terms of contact sports. The women wrestler was allowed to participate in wrestling not because of Title IX but, more than likely, because she was allowed to play by her school's higherups. I know that Title IX is still not viewed in a very favorable light and will, more than likely, continue to be blamed for things that it has no control over but one day I would hope that the majority of people involved in sport are knowledgable to know what Title IX can and can not due.
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