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To: Jeff Chandler
Most football teams have booster clubs that raise money to provide special benefits for only the football team.

Which are run by the parents of current players and alumni... any sport can form a booster club and raise money for equipment and things for that team... but guess what? THEY DON'T!

Like it or not Football brings in crowds and is popular... HS gymnastics or swimming doesn't... its just a functional reality. You can't legislate away that reality no matter how much your PC world view demands it.

The Volleyball Team, whether mens or womens will not have the same budget or resources as a football team... it also won't have nearly the crowds or support from the general student bodies or alumni.. it has nothing to do with gender.

You want your daughters team to have a boosters club... FORM ONE and quit bitchin.. but of course bitchin is cheaper and easier than actually doing something... so, I suspect that's just what your lazy butt will do.

69 posted on 10/10/2007 11:39:13 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: HamiltonJay

At my high school (Greenbrier East) in WV, the marching band got the most support and funding because it was nationally ranked and competed out of state every weekend.


70 posted on 10/10/2007 11:44:54 AM PDT by LetsRok
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To: HamiltonJay
Like it or not Football brings in crowds and is popular... HS gymnastics or swimming doesn't...

Same thing with women's basketball. Most people would rather watch men's sports, because male athletes are bigger and stronger than female athletes.

I think it's great that woman play in sports, and even encouraged my daughters (without success) to engage in sports. But men are full of testosterone-induced aggression that women aren't, and therefore naturally NEED sports and competition in ways that women don't. That's why Title IX is a cruel joke. It ignores nature, tends to reduce the variety and scope of ancillary men's sports, and in the process, denies men the physical outlets they need.

78 posted on 10/10/2007 2:04:06 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler ("A person's a person no matter how small." -Dr. Seuss)
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To: HamiltonJay

the people who brought us title IX think not keeping score at games is a good thing for kids.


79 posted on 10/10/2007 3:47:40 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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