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Women's By Becki Black and Lisa Funderburk Title IX is supposed to mean equality in sports for men and women and although it has until July 21, 1978 to be fully implemented, it does seem that the money allotted to women's sports could be a little better than the Professor Ji ill Will givt Professors want t d students Want t Today 12:15 Eui KiVi fTu D jr%.?r i Is'io; ivci Office < ; sports ne amount now given. The unequal and unrealistic ratio of men's and women's sports budgets leaves no room for comparison of the two programs. The men scream that they need the money and deserve the money since they bring all the money in; however, how can the women improve the audience attendance Lm Holland ; a talk on who don't o teach nd who don't o study ssell House Patio reshments of Stoical Activities I j; jWfrggB a*Jgf 9 '^l9l fed funds and their sports programs if they do not have the money to build these programs. It seems very unfair that the men's recruit.ine budget for football is $ 56,746 more than the total women's sports budget. It seems that the University is "copping out" with regard to the need for greater financial support to the women's program. It is true that the football team has cut back in the number of scholarships that can be given. How dreadful to be limited to ninety-five. The implication is that this is directly reflected in the amount of income the men's program can accrue. Hiking Sh I WOMEN'S AND At South Carolina \ 940 HARDEN 8T. COLUMBIA, 8.C. 803-790-7571 i a mK C BEHHBHH Perhaps a workable solution would be to give scholarships to the kind of athletes that would guarantee regular gate profits. Alter au, there are only twenty-two possible positions?with ninety-five scholarships how can they complain of an "economic crunch"? It is to this same "crunch" that Bo Hagen attributes the fact that the entire women's scholarship program aids a lesser number of At At women man mere are men on baseball scholarships. While the football team allows approximately four scholarships for every possible position, the women's program cannot field a team where all the players in starting positions are on scholarship. The economic crunch ??. orts i T-Shirts MEN'S SIZES 's Complete VKdemess Outfitter PUCKER quaRty gear 11-7:30 M-F 10-6:00 Sat. ?flfl g?^| Tv 7^ I JJfl I ' "> ' gv yiA it SS ^o^B; is just so much convenience for the University to justify their unwillingness to really advance their women's programs. As long as they continue in this unwillingness, the program will virtually stagnate-as long as it stagnates the University will be able to 1 _ 1 A. 1 I ^ 1 L. _ JP i pseuao-jusuiy ineir ihck 01 financial support.. j * Something which may not have been considered are the regressive qualities inherent in this financial stringency. It seems that the major i i z a. cunsuiuicnujr &iuici mg ncre in nui the University budget, but the \ female athletes dedicating large i amounts of time and effort in the name of the University. We are expected to keep up this dedication despite the fact that many deserving women go without financial support (and yet it is assumed they will continue to participate). Further, we are expected to adjust yearly to a new coach, despite the fact that team members are totally content with the coaches they now have. Regardless of whether a coach has led her team through sixteen undefeated games, for example, she | will be replaced next year by a j shiny new graduate assistant. ! In the article, 'Title IX-Women athletes getting funds slowly," it was implied that women on #..11 i..u: _ suiu?iii?ui|n i cv-civc iuii iuiuuii, fees, and room and board-this is untrue. They only receive tuition and fees and in some cases this is for only one semester. The article also states that women's scholarships have been offered at this University since 1972. but this is false. Women's 1 1 scholarships have only come into I ' existence at this University for the 1 fauVunester of 1975. I * jHBSbkb H I