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LETTER: Title IX unfair to male collegiate athletes

ISSUE | COLLEGE SPORTS Title IX unfair to men Title IX, a federal law prohibiting sex discrimination in education, harms college sports in many ways ("Bending the rules of Title IX," Feb. 2). For example, many men's varsity teams suffer from a strict roster cap, while women's teams typically are unlimited.

ISSUE | COLLEGE SPORTS

Title IX unfair to men

Title IX, a federal law prohibiting sex discrimination in education, harms college sports in many ways ("Bending the rules of Title IX," Feb. 2). For example, many men's varsity teams suffer from a strict roster cap, while women's teams typically are unlimited.

Gender-quota advocates complain about the supposed injustice of expanding the number of women allowed on a team. This pales compared with the thousands of men being told to clean out their lockers because of their sex - something that Title IX was supposed to prevent but was changed by special interests to guarantee.

The root of this problem is Title IX's senseless proportionality standard. We should not be closing the door on athletic opportunities for male students simply to fit a gender quota.

Coaches will list many ways that Title IX is warping college athletics and dashing the dreams of young athletes. It's long past time we did something about it to ensure fairness for all our sons and daughters.

|Clay McEldowney, secretary, American Sports Council, Washington, clay@americansportscouncil.org