Word: aiaws
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Since the AIAW was formed eight years ago, it has faced the possibility of the old, established and wealthy NCAA moving in and taking over the organization of women's collegiate athletics. But consistently in past years, the men's governing body steered clear of women's sports, rarely racing them except when pressured by ever-controversial Title IX restrictions...
...response, AIAW delegates and many NCAA members, railled against the decision, calling it a move to squeeze the women's group out of existence. Some have branded the NCAA vote a step backward that will diminish the athletic opportunities open to women by crippling the AIAW...
What the collegiate sports world faces in the year ahead is a glut of women's tournaments. Schools often will have to shoose between an AIAW sponsored championship and an NCAA sponsored one. The result, if most teams elect the new NCAA competitions, could be the death of the AIAW...
...occasion does not warrant hysterical outbursts. The NCAA is not the bastion of quality and hardly can it be called a promoter of women's rights. Prior to the AIAW's creation, the NCAA barely recognized the existence of women athletes. And, the NCAA certainly has many other shortcomings, expecially in areas such as Division I football, where the elite member schools would like to think of themselves as professional farm teams rather than institutions of higher education that are interested in promoting athletic competition...
However, the NCAA is rich and powerful. The AIAW has suffered from second-class citizenship since its inception and as a result has been slow in building women's programs. On the basic levels, the AIAW certainly has made great strides in encouraging the blossoming of women's athletics. But now, facing the difficult talk of promoting these events at a high interest, high revenue level, the AIAW finds itself struggling. It might just benefit by accepting the NCAA's help...