March 28, 201412 yr Why a Middle School Was Ordered to Tear Down Its Brand-New Baseball Bleachers Will Likely Have Small-Gov?t Advocates Shaking Their Heads | Video | TheBlaze.com Is this right or wrong?
March 28, 201412 yr Author Several years ago local group of baseball parents raised the money for and built an indoor practice facility for their baseball team. Softball team showed up within a day or two demanding equal access. I understand if it was a school paid for facility and I understand sharing the facility with the softball team. But do they have a "Right" to it?
March 28, 201412 yr Several years ago local group of baseball parents raised the money for and built an indoor practice facility for their baseball team. Softball team showed up within a day or two demanding equal access. I understand if it was a school paid for facility and I understand sharing the facility with the softball team. But do they have a "Right" to it? Ahhhh nope. A good partner would have included them in the fundraising with the understanding they would split time though.
March 28, 201412 yr Ahhhh nope. A good partner would have included them in the fundraising with the understanding they would split time though. Or the softball team could raise their own money.
March 28, 201412 yr Author Ahhhh nope. A good partner would have included them in the fundraising with the understanding they would split time though. My understanding is they tried to, but had no interest from the Softball boosters in the project until it was completed. But since it was built on school property they had to share, which is fine. I've got no problem with them sharing it, just in this case baseball did all of the heavy lifting.
March 28, 201412 yr My understanding is they tried to, but had no interest from the Softball boosters in the project until it was completed. But since it was built on school property they had to share, which is fine. I've got no problem with them sharing it, just in this case baseball did all of the heavy lifting. Another example of what's wrong with this world. Should have built it off site and told softball to take a hike if they weren't interested in helping to build it.
March 28, 201412 yr Was in Miami many moons ago, and one of the guys showing us around took us by a high school baseball field. He said they had a state-of-the-art pressbox built by the baseball boosters...and had to tear the thing down because the school didn't have the funds to funnel towards the girls softball program. So the only way to make things "equal" was to take away from the "haves"...even though the "have nots" didn't get anything one way or another.
March 28, 201412 yr As long as the building was funded privately, I see no problems with allowing baseball only. If the school is the one building this stuff then I would understand the "equal" argument, but if done privately, then school dropped the ball here. Thank you, thank you.
March 28, 201412 yr Author Was in Miami many moons ago, and one of the guys showing us around took us by a high school baseball field. He said they had a state-of-the-art pressbox built by the baseball boosters...and had to tear the thing down because the school didn't have the funds to funnel towards the girls softball program. So the only way to make things "equal" was to take away from the "haves"...even though the "have nots" didn't get anything one way or another. Seems as if that is becoming the way.
March 28, 201412 yr Several years ago local group of baseball parents raised the money for and built an indoor practice facility for their baseball team. Softball team showed up within a day or two demanding equal access. I understand if it was a school paid for facility and I understand sharing the facility with the softball team. But do they have a "Right" to it? I wouldn't think so unless it was on school property. It was not surprising in the article that rather than take initiative and do the same thing for their team, someone simply complained about the improvements.
March 28, 201412 yr I think Title IX in theory is wonderful. As a wrestler, I have to say in practice it's been horrendous.
March 28, 201412 yr Author I think Title IX in theory is wonderful. As a wrestler, I have to say in practice it's been horrendous. Exactly...
March 29, 201412 yr If I'm not mistaken, and I may well be, even if private funds build it if it's built on school property it becomes school property and as such has to be available for all.
March 29, 201412 yr Title IX should be the poster child of good intentions becoming unintended consequences.
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