I don’t think so. I do think the women have a very large advantage provided by

Aug 3, 2021
7:50:30am

gwalker All-American

the way Title IX functions. Balance it out and the men would get more medals to match the women. The women’s total wouldn’t go down.

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American men - 20 medals, American Women - 41 medals

JOPE Resident Golf Fanatic

8/3/21 12:07am

RE: American men - 20 medals, American Women - 41 medals

Soupie

8/3/21 12:09am

Switch Title IX so that football scholarships don’t count against men, then

gwalker

8/3/21 3:04am

Yep. Those 41 medals come at the expense of male athletes.

Mister P

8/3/21 4:37am

I don’t think so. I do think the women have a very large advantage provided by

gwalker

8/3/21 7:50am

That’s to compensate for how many football gets. Have to look at total for all sports.

Soupie

8/3/21 8:44am

Right. Leaving aside whether it should be that way, there are more opportunities

gwalker

8/3/21 9:42am

Sure you’d never advocate dropping FB so more guys can concentrate on Oly sports.

Soupie

8/3/21 10:17am

I don’t think it’s the fault of women. I saw Maria Taylor refer to the disparity

gwalker

8/3/21 11:23am

Partially a reflection of limited opportunities for women elsewhere

Gustav

8/3/21 5:12am

This was one reason US women's soccer was so dominant

krindorr

8/3/21 5:59am

This sounds sexist

zerome4sooners

8/3/21 5:12am

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