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Well in my honest opinion your approach is what lost you the job. You may have come across to the committee for lack of a better word as a trouble maker. Were you told at any point during the interview that the girls program wasn't given equal budget and equal gym time? Or did you just assume they werent, or that it would be a issue?
However that said if hired I think you would have had every right and been in the right too demand that the varsity girls program be given equality.
Also, are we sure that the Title 9 federal law that applies for high school athletics equal funds or equal oppurtunities? Meaning the same number of men's teams as women's teams? This is just something I always wondered, especially when it comes to being applicable to high school athletic. On the college front I've never heard that funds had to match per sport. From my understanding all the womens programs and all the mens programs (minus
football) have to get the same amount of funding. So if the men's basketball team get's $5,000 a year and the mens golf team only gets $1,000. Then the womens basketball teams get's $3,000 and the cheerleading team gets $3,000. That's equal funding. I don't believe individual fundraising and sponsors/donations count toward this. I may be wrong, hopefully some of the college coaches in the group can clear this up a bit more.
How does the federal law apply toward high school athletics?
Carlos H
"J. Scott Davis" <jscottdav@...> wrote:
I'm requesting the group's opinion here (and
I am not mentioning any names). Federal law
requires that male and female athletic programs
in school be funded equally with each other (i.e.
NCAA and Title 9).
I interviewed for a head girl's varsity basketball
coaching position with a prominent public high
school located in a upper class white dominated
neighborhood. In the interview with the search
committee, I demanded that the girl's program be
given absolutely the equal gym time and budget to
that of the boy's program. I stated that I could
be flexible in general, but would not give in whatsoever
to the girl's program settling for less than equal.
The "power's to be" became very uncomfortable
during the interview from my suggestion of requiring
equal opportunity for the gals. Needless to say, I
was not selected for the position. Since I am a
veteran of the Persian Gulf War, I guess I'm just
alittle more sensitive to the issue of ladies
receiving their equal rights since I risked my life
to protect our Constitution. In addition, I
personally would be willing to walk on to a school
and offer complete 50/50 cooperation with the boy's
program. It's my belief that this would be fair and
equal.
Do you members in the group here believe that I had
the right to diplomatically and firmly require that
federal law be enforced so that my varsity girl's
program be given equality?
Thank you in advance,
J. Scott Davis
http://www.geocities.com/davisweb/bb.html
http://www.geocities.com/davisweb/bb.html
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