Title IX did affect women for the better.  It got more girls interested in sports and school.  In 1971, only 7.5% of high school athletics were encompassed by women.  Compare that number to nearly 40% in 2000.  Women also have had a giant increase at the collegiate level.  Over 110,000 women participated in intercollegiate sports.  Where as in 1971 just about 25,000 participated (Katz, Title IX- What You Need to Know about Title IX).  However, of those 110,000 women participating, how many spots should be men?  Men are being cut in order to make the room for women.  Although it is appropriate and even beneficial sight to see women become equal members of society, women will never be equal to men in atheism and ability.  Women have the ability to become something great, but America is also losing something great. 

In 2003, a woman by the name of Annika Sorenstam was invited to play on the PGA Tour (the men’s tour).  Sorenstam is considered to be the best female golfer of all time.  She graduated from University of Arizona, where she was captain of the golf team and named to the All- American team twice (Brill, The Real Issues Are Silenced in Title IX Talks).  In her rookie season she was named Rookie of the Year.  She has won more scoring titles and Player of the Year awards than any LPGA player but Kathy Whitworth.  She is a 5-time Solheim Cup member.  In 2001, she set 30 LPGA records by winning eight tournaments; and then in 2002, she became only the second LPGA player to win 11 tournaments in a year.  But above all, she played in the PGA.  However, she did not accomplish the same in the PGA as she did in the LPGA.  Sorenstam did not accomplish what she had come to do.  She was cut in only the second round.  She shot a 71 on the first day and a 74 on the second.  While Sorenstam did accomplish something by participating in the PGA, she also proved something else.  She proved that the best woman golfer is not as good as some of the average men golfers.  This is why men have more sports then women and also why they are better attended.  Men are better athletes on the whole and people want to see the best perform.