It seems very sexist that some colleges and high schools are complaining about Title IX because the act forces them to, at times, cut minor sports for males to make room for major female sport teams. Title IX also appropriates more scholarship money for women.

If we want to have more successful female pro-sports leagues, Title IX is the key to making many young girls' dreams a reality. Even at the high school level, Title IX allows female athletes the chance to develop the skills needed in ever-expanding intercollegiate competition.

Since the institution of Title IX, female participation in athletics both at the college and the high school level has skyrocketed. Over 151,000 women participate in NCAA athletics today, compared to the 30,000 women in 1972. The 300,000 female high school athletes in 1972 increased to over 2.8 million in 2000.

It is this increase in participation that has led America's international athletic teams to the top. The U.S. Women's National Soccer Team has the dominated the world for five years, capturing the World Cup in 1999. The U.S. women's basketball team had a perfect record in the 2000 Olympics and the 2002 World Championships.

As you read this, there is a panel reviewing the application of Title IX to schools. The panel decided on a broad list of recommendations designed to clarify the way colleges and universities can comply with Title IX.

The fact is, the application of Title IX to schools does need to be tweaked, a little. However, there is so much complaining going on now by women's and men's rights groups that nobody knows what to do.

A lot of the uproar over Title IX has to do with football. Football programs are a vacuum for money. Colleges spend tons of money on their football teams, scouting and offering scholarships to an average of over 75 players. All the men's rights activists should complain to NCAA football coaches, not to the reviewing panel. Honestly, do we really need that many grunts on one team? Football can be played with sixty to seventy players.

The panel should give schools a little room to work with as far as proportional participation. Part of Title IX says that gender distribution of scholarships must be equal to the gender ratio of the school's students. Schools should be given some leeway of a few percentage points.

The bottom line is that Title IX has done wonders for women's sports. It has guaranteed that women get access to sports. Why would anyone want to take that away?