06-22-2021, 09:59 AM
(06-21-2021, 10:45 PM)NATI BENGALS Wrote: I’m still confused. Does this mean Alabama can pay their players the most? Does the Akron women’s bowling team backup get the same pay as an Alabama football starting RB?
(06-22-2021, 12:27 AM)CarolinaBengalFanGuy Wrote: Officially yes, but unofficially probably not.
Not even officially. So here's what happens with TIX. The theory behind it is that equal funds needs to be provided to both women's and men's athletics. It's not a one-for-one thing, though. So what will happen in most athletics programs is there will be men's football, basketball, and baseball. Maybe one or two others. But on the women's side there will be basketball, swimming, diving, field hockey, soccer, softball, track and field, cross country, lacrosse, etc., etc. They do this so they can spread out the funding for the women's teams while concentrating it for the men. So the football, basketball, or baseball team (whichever makes the most) gets a shit ton more than any individual women's team. There will be more full rides available, better pay for staff, etc.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
