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Essay:Title IX Destroys Our Olympic Team (view source)

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The [[United States]] is doing poorly in the [[Olympics]] in 2008: five days into the competition, Americans have won only 10 gold medals, five of which have been by one swimmer.<ref>http://www.sltrib.com/sports/ci_10189268</ref>  The American gymnastics team lost the gold medal despite higher expectations.  It is instructive to consider why the [[United States]] continues to decline in the Olympics.
 
The [[United States]] is doing poorly in the [[Olympics]] in 2008: five days into the competition, Americans have won only 10 gold medals, five of which have been by one swimmer.<ref>http://www.sltrib.com/sports/ci_10189268</ref>  The American gymnastics team lost the gold medal despite higher expectations.  It is instructive to consider why the [[United States]] continues to decline in the Olympics.
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[[Public schools]] and colleges, which are governed by [[Title IX]] quotas, produce very few Olympic winners.  Instead, private clubs operating outside of [[Title IX]] and scraping by on private funding are producing a disproportionate share of winners:
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*[[Michael Phelps]], the winner of 5 gold medals in 2008 (as of 8/13/08) trained in the private swim club of North Baltimore AC, rather than his public high school.<ref>http://www.topendsports.com/sport/swimming/profiles/phelps-michael.htm</ref>  He did not compete on a college team.
    
Since promulgation of the [[Title IX]] [[proportionality test]] in 1979, the medal share won by the United States Olympic team has dramatically and predictably declined, the breakup of the Soviet bloc notwithstanding. Quotas impair competitiveness, whether for race or gender. Just as victory should go to the best competitor on the field, regardless of race or gender, teams should be funded for the most talented and motivated.  But Title IX prevents that.
 
Since promulgation of the [[Title IX]] [[proportionality test]] in 1979, the medal share won by the United States Olympic team has dramatically and predictably declined, the breakup of the Soviet bloc notwithstanding. Quotas impair competitiveness, whether for race or gender. Just as victory should go to the best competitor on the field, regardless of race or gender, teams should be funded for the most talented and motivated.  But Title IX prevents that.
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