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Subject: Re: Why Does Harvard Have A Women's Rugby Team? Author: Bengal [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 12:58:59 01/22/25 Wed In reply to: An Observer 's message, "Why Does Harvard Have A Women's Rugby Team?" on 01:14:44 01/22/25 Wed It sounds like no one on this board has heard of Title 9. Some of the women's teams were created since the 1970s in light of the extensive men's program already in place at the Ivies. How many colleges/universities offer ice hockey, lacrosse (in the 1970s) fencing, squash for example? Since the Ivies already had those programs, the easiest way to satisfy Title 9, especially the way it has usually been interpreted by the Office for Civil Rights at DoEd, and probably some courts, is to add a women's counterpart. Football, with its large numbers and no counterpart sport, no doubt was an element in the creation of some women's sports in light of Title 9. In addition to title 9, I think Ivy school administrators like the idea of wide opportunity, including for women. P starting taking 3 rugby recruits a year when the program went varsity. Odd how that number matches the reduction in Ivy football recruits per year. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> [> Subject: P.S./H's cares Author: Bengal [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 13:11:01 01/22/25 Wed Add wrestling as another men's team with no current counterpart on the women's side, albeit that may change. Right now, wrestling adds to the number of male athletes necessitating some balancing for women's sports. Doubt very much H added women's rugby out of angst about DC winning in a sport. If anyone wants to report on the number of DC's Ivy titles in each of the last 5 years titles were awarded I would guess H has more, probably alot more...maybe I am wrong on the H record. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: Timely observation Author: Go Green [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 13:19:11 01/22/25 Wed Girls' wrestling is in the spotlight! https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/01/22/girls-high-school-wrestling/ [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Why do Harvard and Dartmouth have ski teams? Author: RedWin [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 09:39:50 01/24/25 Fri It's been previously mentioned on this forum some of the bogus sports for rich country club kids in the Ivy League. These parents who ship their kids away to $75K ski and snowboard schools, with very questionable academics. Yes of course those kids qualify for recruiting slots too. The list goes on and on.............. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: For one thing.. Author: Go Green [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 12:09:22 01/24/25 Fri My understanding is that Dartmouth essentially invented collegiate skiing competition. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]