The Northwood High School girls' basketball team of Pittsboro, North Carolina is upset with their school's Nuthouse (equivalent to our Red Sea) for being sexist. The girls on the basketball team complain that the Nuthouse only attends boys' sports, and the one game they attended was last year's fourth round playoff game, where the students showed up in the third quarter and just sat down instead of cheering. Also, the boys' basketball team always has the later games and later practice times, meaning more fans at the games and their team being able to practice however long they want.
The girls and coach of the Northwood High School understand that the school is meeting all the requirements for Title IV, but they wish there was a way to change the school's culture of supporting boys' teams over girls'.
Do you see this issue at Hudson High? Since this issue is technically not infringing upon Title IV, what could the school do to try and fix this problem?
I believe that the same issue occurs at Hudson High School, but I don’t believe it is a huge problem. Both Hudson High School and Northwood High School follow the requirements for Title IV. If the schools were not following all of the requirements, it would be a problem, but because it isn’t there isn’t much that can be done to fix the problem. If the problem were to be fix, it would be in the hands of school administrators and students. I believe if the students were to speak out about the unequal amount of night games, the athletic director would be happy to try to give equal amounts to both boys and girls teams. I think that the time of the games is a huge factor in why many people would not want to watch the girls games in this case; maybe if they were later more people would attend.
ReplyDeleteI think I see this problem at Hudson but, I agree that it is not a real issue here. Technically, by law no one is doing anything wrong. But, if they're interested in making things better maybe they could switch off practice times for both teams. Plus, they could make sure they announce the girls team at all events.
ReplyDeleteOther than changing the times of some games, there really isn't anything that can be done. No one can force people to go to any games, or say "if you go to a boys game, you have to go to a girls one too." Sometimes where the games are and at what time is only up to the AD. I've seen a varsity wrestling meet on senior night given the far third of the gym, with no mat light or announcer, while an 8th grade basketball game got 2 thirds of the gym. There's nothing they can do about the fans, so why does it matter? They are in complete agreement with Title IX.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Michaela and Shaniece on this one. I see an issue bu I believe it is more of a social issue than anything. There really isn't anything that the school or anyone else can do as far as laws and such. But maybe if the boys and girls teams were more equal as far as game and practice times, it could help. Many laws and acts have been created to promote equality between men and women. But laws cannot fix social problems, it is up to the people.
ReplyDeleteI actually disagree with Michaela, Shaniece, and Alexis because I do not really think that this is an issue at Hudson High. I agree that for both schools that this does not infringe on the rights given by Title IX, but I personally believe that the fans just favor the teams that are better. For example, the boy’s hockey team has a great record and is one of the best sports teams at Hudson High; therefore it gets some of the most fans. On the other hand, girl’s soccer generally gets more fans than boy’s soccer team because the girls have a better record than the boys. I think that if this is not true at Northwood High School than there is not much that can be done. The school cannot force people to go to more of the girl’s games or cheer at them; however, I do agree with Michaela that the time of the games will have a great impact on the number of fans that attend the games. The later games get more fans, so girls should have an equal number of later games and practices in order to ensure equality.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Lauren that the fans just favor the teams that are better. Most likely, people are going to prefer to watch a team with a better record than a team with a losing record. Like with what Lauren said about the boy's hockey team having many fans. They have a good record, so people want to go to their games. This applies to most sports, professional or non-professional. Th school could try to schedule the girls and boys games so that they both have equal later games. The school should split the later games times so the boys and the girls can have equal amounts of games at the later times. It could be more fair this way. If this doesn't solve the problem, then it probably just means that the fans prefer the boys' teams. Maybe with more advertisements and excitement about the games, the girls can increase the number of people that attend their games. Also, if their teams can continue having successful seasons and making it late into the playoffs, people will realize that they are good and go to their games.
ReplyDeleteMERRY CHRISTMAS!!! I agree with Matt and Lauren. I do not see it as a problem at our school because usually people will go see the team that performs better, not just the boy’s team. Not to be sexist or rude, but I do think that generally the boys sports teams are more interesting to watch because you can sometimes see more passion when they play. The games are more physical and I feel are just more enjoyable to watch. With that said, I can back up my opinion that states that Hudson High does not have a problem with gender discrimination in sports. On the other hand, I don't see much that Norwood can do about their problem. If any changes were to come, say perhaps you would get extra credit for going to a girl sports game (just a silly example), I think that the students would see it as a desperate measure and most likely wouldn't attend. To sum up, if Norwood truly wants to change how sports are perceived at their school, then they are most likely going to have to take desperate measures to do so.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Lauren, Matt, and Nate that it is not really a problem at Hudson High School. Like Lauren said, the boys hockey and girls soccer team have good records so they will get more fans. However, to fix the problem at Northwood High School, they could make sure that the girls have later games as well. It would also be helpful if the girls got to practice at a later time as well so they could practice for a longer time. I think if they make that equal, then the girls could get a good amount of fans too. At Hudson High, for the volleyball team, we get fans; but when we did a fundraiser for breast cancer awareness, we got a lot of fans to support the event and cheer us on. Maybe having a fundraiser would help the girls get fans because then everyone would see them play and want to come back and keep supporting them.
ReplyDeleteThis is not a problem and there is nothing anyone can do about it. Its life, in professional sports men's sports takes up the t.v. with millions of people watching these athletes each day and then at the games their sold out with interested sports fans. While women sports struggle to keep leagues, sports are a form of entertainment, a business and what people love about watching them is there watching the best in the world. Women will always be able to compete with men mentally but sports are physical and that's something women can not compete with . In basketball one of the most exciting plays is witnessing someone slam-dunk, so watching these giant strong men make acrobatic plays keeps people watching. While in the WNBA( womens league) there is only one or two who can even do that, and its rare that the people who can will ever in a game. Although it may not seem fair high school sports are a mirror image of professional and kids are interested in watching the best, and sports are a choice to attend, no one can tell people they must go to the girls game if they go to the boys. Most likely the reason that the men have the later games is they believe that more people will go to the night game where they can charge money to get in.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Alexis that yes this is a problem at Hudson High because The Red Sea does mostly only attend the boy's sporting events. If you think about it, the two events that The Red Sea attend the most are the hockey games and the boy's basketball games. But I do think that there is nothing that Hudson High can do about it, because you can't force people to go to a sporting event that they do not want to attend. It is unfair to the girls that they do not get all the support that the boys get but there's nothing that can be done about that sadly.
ReplyDeleteI do not believe this is a problem for Hudson High. I believe that each sport is represented almost equal with a few exceptions and i do not believe it is due to gender. Obviously the sports people are more interested in are the more heard of sports and it all has to do with popularity.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if this issue exists at Hudson High because I have never been to a girl's varsity sports game, but I have seen guy's JV games and nobody goes to those, so girl's games could only have more people or the same number. To fix the problem, the school could promote their girl's teams more, maybe by giving more publicity and attention to the girl players.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Kayla that it does happen at HHS but this is a problem. Also, that nothing can be done. Since this sociological problem is not protected under title 9, nothing can be done. Nothing states in the title 9 that there should be fan equality for both female and male events. It states that no one can be denied of the right to play a sport or receive funding. Our school seems to be equally allowing both sexes to play sports so they are following title 9. Title 9 has nothing to do with how fans coordinate themselves. If the girls at HHS really feel unequally represented by the rest of the school they can bring it upon themselves to get fans.
ReplyDeleteI agree with majority of my classmates above that it really isn’t a problem at Hudson High. As Lauren mentioned, they boys hockey team and the girls soccer team have good records so it make sense that they will get more fans to come and support their team. In Northwood High school, one way they could fix their solution would be to make sure they could make the girls have later games to be fair. It would also be beneficial for the girls to have practice at a later time so they could practice for a longer period of time. If they make the scheduling equal, then the girls could get a decent amount of fans as well. Another solution as Laura mentioned, would be to hold a fundraiser to help get fans because then a lot of people would continue support them.
ReplyDeleteI agree Kailey and Alexis. The Red Sea only mainly attend the varsity basketball game and hockey games. I dont think that there is anything you can do because you cant force people to school for a certain team. Myself being apart of the Red Sea I personally only choose to go to the boys hockey, football, and basket ball games. I have no interest in watching any of other girls sports. I don't think that there is anything that Hudson High can do about this problem because it all goes to the lack of interest in girls sports.
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