Possibly. To me they are separate questions. These big universities have track & field sports programs, softball, basketball, crew and many others. Title IX basically requires them to have the same program for men and women alike. Of course there are women pole vaulters, but how many are recruited vs how many are just so-so athletes but the program has openings. Now comes Mr. Bribe with $100,000 in a paper bag and the coach knows there isn’t going to be a top 10 or 20 ranked woman pole vaulter taking that slot. Those women are getting scholarships somewhere else or enrolling where the programs are better for that particular sport. So who in the admissions program is going to challenge the qualifications if the coach or AD says “So-and-so (who is going to pay cash for admission btw) should get some extra points on her admissions criteria because she can pole vault and we need to be more competitive in this area”.
I don’t mean to pick on just women, I am sure there is fraud among the male students too. It’s just that the news stories mentioned women’s crew and women’s pole vaulting in particular. It made me think of Title IX and how that is an obvious exploit for the scammer. I truly don’t know how Title IX applies to transgender people. I imagine that in the NCAA they still just go by ones chromosomes, not personal identity.
Title nine requires that a university offer the same number of sports for men and women, but they don’t have to be the same type.....