A) Reinbrecht, Elizabeth. "Northwestern University And Title Ix: One Step Forward For Football Players, Two Steps Back For Female Student Athletes." University Of Toledo Law Review 47.1 (2015): 243-277. Academic Search Complete. Web. 10 Oct. 2016.
B) Although many claim that men are the true sufferers of Title IX, have women suffered as well? If so, how, and were these consequences unintended? What, if anything, has been done to change them?
C) Before: I think it's safe to say that women have suffered unintended consequences stemming from Title IX, from disproportionate representation to disproportionate pay. I'm sure all of the consequences were unintentional because lawmakers wouldn't purposely set out to make a law that discriminates against others. I don't know if these regulations are genuinely monitored on an administrative level to ensure that they are getting met. I think this source will be useful because it seems like it is going to examine the correlation between female athletes and college football.
During: This article gave me a stronger understanding of Title IX itself, as it included the actual laws and then explained them in easier to understand terms. The way Title IX came to be was also discussed, as was the reason how and why college football is so popular.
Step 2:
This article was an extremely detailed account of how the unionization of college football players harms female athletes. Since college football players at this specific university were considered employees, they were able to unionize. This has proved to be problematic for many reasons, including the fact that only football players are recognized, only full grant athletes are recognized, and the fact that nothing is consistent or standardized. The article highlights the fact that female athletes work just as hard as their male counterparts, but are not recognized. The reason unionization of this university's football team is so detrimental is because women are not able to do the same, which bars females from lobbying for the reform of the inequalities they currently face.
This article was helpful in furthering the information I found in the previous journal. While this article was meticulous, it gave a lot of great information and detail. I wanted to assess college football, and this article did. Since women are still facing many inequalities in college sports, a union seems like the perfect solution to lobby for change. However, because this university strictly stated that only the football team is allowed to form a union, the hopes are defeated. It is extremely unfair because women get just as many injuries as male athletes, they spend the same amount of time dedicated to practicing and performing their sport, and they perform better in the classroom than male athletes, but they are not allowed to unionize. It seems like money is the main motivation here. Since college football makes enough money to fund itself and many other sports for the university, it will always have the upper hand. The article discussed how a strike from the women's gymnastics team would likely be ignored, but a strike from the college football team would have massive repercussions, which, sadly, is very true.
Paule-Koba, Othello, and Valeria assert that Title IX has been detrimental to men's sports, however, Reinbrecht argues that female sports have suffered more. I agree more with Reinbrecht's argument because females are still being treated unequaly, even 44 years after the law was made. The whole basis of Reinbrecht's article is that the male football team was allowed to unionize, not any other female sport, which backs up her argument. In their article, Paule-Koba, Othello, and Valeria propose that female sports are added to universities solely to comply with Title IX. Reinbrecht disagrees, stating that the actual law states that if a school offers only one sport for one gender, then both genders must be able to try out, or they have the option of creating a team for each gender. It is nearly impossible to argue the literal law, so Reinbrecht proves her argument once again.
This article has given me a lot to think about. It seems like this topic is naturally biased, where if you ask a male who has suffered most from Title IX, he will respond with male. If you ask a female, she will reply female. I am going to have to really search for credible sources to make sure my information is accurate. This article was helpful in diesecting the monetary part of this issue. I answered the question about college football that I had in the previous journal. What part does money play in Title IX in relation to colligiate level sports?
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