FUNDING
Continued from Page 8
ference in revenue generated by
men's and women's learns. The
only two sports that make mon
ey am football and men's basket
ball. so they should be put in a
category of their own. When the
other five men's teams ore com*
pared to the seven women's
teams, equality is nearly
approached.
If the gender equity proposal
is passed, it would be penalizing
Oregon for the success of its
football team. Football uses
more scholarships than any oth
er sport on campus, but it
deserves to because it makes
more money than any other
sport.
Football is a popular and com
petitive sport in a difficult con
ference, and it should he
rewarded for this. Instead, gen
der equity would force an
already in debt athletic depart
ment to pay more hills because
of the success of the football
team.
Athletic funding has long
been a problem at Oregon and
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the new gentler equity proposal
would make it even harder for
University athletic* to succeed.
The athletic deportment already
has to find ways to fund the 12
sports that do notjnake money,
it should not have to deal with
another money-losing sport
Considering that popular
women's sports like basketball,
softball and volleyball are not
able to generate money. I doubt
a sport like soccer or swimming
would make money
It is also unfair because, with
the exception of track and field,
women's sports are not as popu
lar on campus as men's sports I
attended all but one home
women's basketball game this
season and there wasn’t much
excitement.
The Doc ks drew more than
1,000 people to only two games
and they probably counted play
ers. coaches and security guards
to get that number.
The volleybnl! team also
failed to draw many people, and
if the rain would ever stop. I am
eagerly waiting to see how many
people show up for softball
games
I hope that when the Univer
Instead of gender
equity, it should be
revenue equity that
is important.
sitv Son/iti> meets Wednesday it
will not further hamper the ath
loti*, department's fob of funding
University sports Oregon has
taken tho load over tho rest of
tho natipn in tho number of
scholarships it gives to women,
and it should be rewarded for
this. Instead, if the proposed
gender equity is put into effect,
the athletic department will sot
for vet another sotba* k
Instead of gender equity, it
should Ire revenue equity that is
important Money is what mnks>s
intercollegiate sports happen,
and like it or not. it must be top
priority Men's sports on cam
pus generate more interest and
revenue than women's sports
and thus they deserve to have
more scholarships
Steve Mims is it sport
reporter for the Kmernld.
EQUITY
Continued Irom Page 8
giale Athletii Committee
calling fol "true equity"
within the athletic depart
ment The resolution states
that true equity will occur
"when men's and women's
athlete s have equal number*
and qualities of s< holarships.
participation slots, fat ilities
and coaches
One of the major proposals
of the resolution is the
request for an additional
women’s team within five
soars, which would add
participation slots to the
women's athletic program
The resolution also sug
gests that "the most plausible
way to i reate the financial
restructuring necessary to
achieve gender equity in
intercollegiate athlete s at the
University of Oregon is to
eliminate athletic si holar
ships for students who have
no financial need
Because Oregon would he
ill u t ompwlitive disadv antage
if il wore Iti move to a need
I wised m holarship system, the
resolution states that the pol
icy would have to ho imple
mented at the c nnferem e lev
el and. ultimately, at the
NCAA level.
Although the idea that the
Pat iru -10 Conference would
over eliminate athletic schol
arships may seem unlikely,
other major c onferem es have
already made mujor i oitimil
iiinnts toward improving gen
der equity The Itig 10 (ion
ferem e si hoots have agreed
to provide at least 40 |x-r i nut
of all athlete opportunities to
women hv 1007.
I yen it Iwii ked hv the I di
versity Semite, the endorse
ments staled ill the resolution
would not he hunting to the
athlete department Hut sup
port of the resolution would
send a message to the depart
merit that "true equity"
among the men's and
women's athlete programs is
a priority on campus
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