Title IX & Football. (Here Below).We're not quite sure of what Steve Spurrier
Stephen Orr Spurrier thinks of Title IX or whether he thinks about it at all, but he surprised us in one of his early Redskin press meetings when asked for his opinion of Title IX's rejection of the NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association 85-scholarship rule for football teams. Spurrier Spur´ri`er n. 1. One whose occupation is to make spurs. declined the conventional verbiage verbiage - When the context involves a software or hardware system, this refers to documentation. This term borrows the connotations of mainstream "verbiage" to suggest that the documentation is of marginal utility and that the motives behind its production have little to do with about lengthy schedules, mounting injuries, and the necessity of unusual manpower. He chose the path of rationality. Sure, football is a great body-contact sport with a far greater injury potential than other sports and does require considerable manpower, but a ratio of about four scholarships per position seems feasible. "Look," he said, rather devastatingly, "practically every football coach carries about ten kids that never play. They practice every day and then sit on the bench on Saturdays. I would have to believe that our college coaches could get along quite well with a 75-man squad." He might also have added that our women's teams could continue to compete happily and continue to expand without forcing our colleges to drop minor sports or take a bite out of the football budget in the interests of "equality." Certainly there is a lot of profligacy Profligacy See also Debauchery, Lust, Promiscuity. Arrowsmith, Martin simultaneously engaged to Madeline and Leona. [Am. Lit.: Arrowsmith] Bellaston, Lady wealthy profligate; keeps Tom as gigolo. [Br. Lit. in football budgets, but how can you (reasonably) ask to share the budget of a sport that you do not play? |
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