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By DEBORAH LACY
Staff Sports Writer
Will Title IX affect Texas A&M
athletics?
“It’s a matter of how HEW inter
prets the guidelines. I have a feeling
they’re not going to be that strict,”
said Kay Don, associate athletic di
rector in charge of women’s athle
tics.
Everyone should be aware by
now that Title IX, the sex discrimi
nation law, is now official and on the
collegiate level, opinions are given
about the interpretation of the law
almost everyday.
Should Title IX be interpreted
strictly—where the women have to
do everything the men have to do?
If interpreted strictly, it means wo
men’s athletics would have to be
treated equal to male athletics, in-
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eluding money-makers like football
and basketball.
“Interpreting Title IX strictly
would probably cause more harm
than good, ” she said. “I don’t know
that HEW is really interpreting
their guidelines very strictly. I think
they’re leaving some openings in
the guidelines that would allow for it
not to be so strenuous.”
As far as the situation at A&M
goes, Don said that the women’s
program has taken a look at Title IX
and as far as women and men’s ath
letics go, the women’s program feels
pretty confident that they’re provid
ing a program that will not leave any
room for questions concerning the
handling of the program.
“We re offering partial scholar
ships for women for the first time
this year and we will be able to offer
financial aid for women in the eight
sports we have, ” Don said.
Don said they’re not really worry
ing about Title IX that much be
cause, “We want to provide a good
program for the women on our cam
pus. We re not going to concern
ourselves that much with Title IX
because we think that if HEW came
in to look at our program we
wouldn’t have any problem. We feel
we’re providing a good program for
the women.”
The women’s athletic program
here is three years old. It’s still very
young, but it’s growing fast and
making progress in the handling of
the women’s program.
“I believe that we understand that
the men started a long time ago with
their program and had to grow, and
I think most of us feel the same way
about our program — we’re young
and we have a long way to go. But
we’re offering an opportunity to
grow and to develop a good and out
standing program in women’s athle
tics,” Don said.
Do most women want the Title IX
interpreted strictly — and thereby
wanting everything equal to their
male counterparts in athletics? Don
said, “I think the majority ofwomen
just want the opportunity to have a
program and to be able to build a
program. I don’t really know that
we re looking at Title IX as meaning
to say you have to give everything to
the women that the men have. ”
Don said that her interpretation
is that you just have to provide an
equal opportunity, not necessarily
equal financing because the major
ity of women’s sports don’t need
that large of a budget at the present
time. “We know we have to put in a
little bit to get something, too, and
the majority of women are willing to
do this,” Don said.
The financing of women’s athle
tics has changed quite a bit since the
program has come into existence.
“In the first three years the program
was a Sports Club and we collected
money from the girls to use for our
benefit,” Don said.
“Last year was an in-between
stage,’’ Don said, “we got some
money from the girls but not as
much. This year the women’s prog
ram is part of the Athletic Depart
ment and we didn’t charge the girls
anything.” ,
Don said that because students
buying tickets for the men’s games
were able to watch the women’s
games, there is really no way to
evaluate the amount of money wo
men’s sports could have pulled in.
Three Ags
in prep star
football tilt
Texas A&M will be represented
by three of its incoming freshmen
in this week’s Texas High School
Coaches Association All-Star foot
ball game.
Eddie Hardin of Houston Madi
son and George Woodard of Van
VIeck will play for the South while
Darrell Smith of Ft. Worth Wyatt
will be on the North squad.
Hardin played fullback three
years at Houston Madison High
where he was all-district and all-city
twice. He was on the all-state team
and a member of the elite blue chip
list in his senior year. He also com
peted in track and baseball.
Woodard played tight end, tail
back and linebacker at Van VIeck.
He also won all-district, all-state
and all-American honors. Woodard
participated in track and advanced
to the state meet throwing the shot
put.
Smith played tailback and safety
two years at Wyatt High. He was
all-district two years both ways.
All-Tarrant County and offensive
player of the year in his senior year.
He was also all-district two years in
basketball.
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