Kristin Armstrong won a gold medal for America in cycling, but she went to high school in Japan, where her military family was living. Now 35 years old, she is another self-made female athlete who apparently did not benefit from Title IX.
Ummmm…there are virtually, if not literally, no high schools that have cycling teams. Cycling is done through clubs usually. But more importantly:
She swam for her high school team in Japan and returned to the U.S. to attend the University of Idaho. She did not compete in any sports for the Vandals.
Making it even better–It’s a DOD school. Which was covered by Title IX?
Schlafly’s best quote though:
Many men’s swimming teams have been eliminated due to Title IX quotas, and future American winners will likely avoid college. Why bother attending college if you can’t play the sport you love?
Second best:
Title IX quotas have caused the elimination of all but 19 men’s college gymnastics teams. This deprives boys of the scholarship incentive to take up gymnastics as a sport in high school and takes away the competition needed to improve their skills in college.
It has to hurt to be that stupid. Colleges do not exist to create Olympic athletes–they exist to educate students.
She brings up the wrestling canard, of course, when the real culprit isn’t women, but football. Outside of Iowa and Nebraska no one watches College Wrestling so it doesn’t have the pull with alumni football does. Football does and it gets an incredibly disproportionate share of the resources compared to any other sport.