The_FawkesyBtoOlympics@voyager.lemmy.ml•Title IX is a reason why American women performed well at the Olympics, but America’s obsession with (American) football is also a reason why the men underperformEnglish
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2 months agoWell you don’t exactly need a huge program to be built up to run in a circle or long distance. That’s why those poorer African/Caribbean nations can perform so well in track events.
He’s right, but not for the exact reasons he’s listed, or at least in not so many words.
Title XI has made it so the sports we primarily associate with the Olympics tend to become female-dominated in the NCAA (for the most part) because there is no female equivalent to American Football. Colleges have to offer the same number of scholarships to guys as they do girls, so those extra 80 football scholarships turn into women’s volleyball, swimming, gymnastics, etc…
His point about the men underperforming isn’t really accurate though, so ignore that part lmao