Uncertainty remains about Oregon Ducks 2020 football season

SFGbob said:

greenblood said:

trublue said:

greenblood said:

RaceBannon said:

Title 9 is not dependent on economic conditions or pandemics

All men's sports except football will have to go to keep the women's sports

Not necessarily. There are already more women's sports than men's because of the football program, so I think they are even in participants. So it will more likely be an even cut. In Oregon's case, they could drop men's baseball and either women's soccer or softball. They could also cut both tennis and golf programs. I think this is a mute point though, because a cancelled or handcuffed Pac12 football season in comparison to the rest of the power 5 will force teams like Oregon and Washington to flee to more lucrative conferences.

We should be thankful that our programs are peaking at the right time. Washington and Oregon have nearly as much power as the LA schools. Since the Pac 12 network doesn't have the LA market, losing both Seattle and Portland would be the final blow. Washington has the largest active Pac12 netowrk TV market outside of Phoenix, and Oregon has the broadest brand outside of USC.

greenblood said:

RaceBannon said:

Title 9 is not dependent on economic conditions or pandemics

All men's sports except football will have to go to keep the women's sports

Not necessarily. There are already more women's sports than men's because of the football program, so I think they are even in participants. So it will more likely be an even cut. In Oregon's case, they could drop men's baseball and either women's soccer or softball. They could also cut both tennis and golf programs. I think this is a mute point though, because a cancelled or handcuffed Pac12 football season in comparison to the rest of the power 5 will force teams like Oregon and Washington to flee to more lucrative.

I don’t think you have an understanding of Title IX and how it effects the allocation of sports scholarships.

The scholarships are not divided 50-50 between men and women’s sports.

They are divided by the percentage of women enrolled at the college, which nowadays is much higher than men.

Football takes 85 scholarships. Take a random number like say 58% of the student body are women. They are supposed to receive 58% of the total number of sports scholarships.

The implementation of Title IX (beginning in 1972) crushed opportunities for men in minor sports while opening the door for (long overdue opportunities) women in sports.

Problem is in an effort to reach the hypothetical 58%, Oregon has had to add women’s teams in lacrosse, competitive cheer, etc.

Women have approximately twice as many scholarships as men in track & field and most likely softball (vs. baseball).

It’s not the total number of teams (men vs. women) that matters, it is the “equitable” distribution of the total number of sports scholarships.

So instead of cutting at a 50-50 split, it’s 58-42.

Football should be exempt from Title 9.

There is no female equivalent sport that has 85 scholarships and football is the only revenue generating sport at most colleges.

absolutely. most large schools don't have massive endowments that allow them to just pay for extra-curricular shit. football is the great benefactor to literally all the other sports, both genders, save for men's basketball at many, but not all, schools.

No bucks, no Buck Rodgers. Football makes it all go.