Title
Nine
IX
has
drastically
changed
the
landscape
of
collegiate
baseball
and
continues
to
do
so
in
the
Pacific
Northwest.
The
original
intent
of
the
legislation
was
to
provide
opportunities
for
more
female
athletes
to
participate
at
the
college
level.
In
order
for
universities
to
economically
afford
to
create
women’s
teams,
provide
scholarship
assistance,
build
and
maintain
facilities,
hire
coaching
staffs
and
provide
travel
expenses,
they
had
to
drop
many
non-revenue
generating
sports.
Baseball
was
one
of
the
first
victims.
The
legislation
was
created
during
a
time
when
there
were
more
male
than
female
students
matriculating
on
college
campuses
throughout
the
country
and
quotas
to
meet
the
federal
mandate
were
based
on
percentages.
In
the
current
environment,
those
numbers
have
changed,
with
more
females
than
males
now
populating
our
campuses
but
the
language
of
the
law
still
forces
institutions
to
comply
with
the
percentages
and
ultimately
drop
more
and
more
men’s
programs
with
Baseball
being
a
highly
visible
potential
victim.
The
Pacific
Northwest
(Washington,
Oregon
&
Idaho)
has
lost
baseball
programs
from
Eastern
Washington
University,
Western
Washington
University,
The
University
of
Idaho,
Idaho
State
University
and
The
University
of
Oregon
since
the
inception
of
Title
IX
legislation.
The
entire
region
now
has
only
five
(5)
Division
1
programs
where
there
is
an
opportunity
to
play
the
top
level
of
collegiate
baseball.
This
compares
to
forty
six
(46)
Division
3,
thirteen
(13)
Division
2,
and
sixteen
(16)
Division
1
schools
in
the
state
of
Pennsylvania
alone.
There
is
such
a
huge
misconception
that
anybody
that
plays
college
baseball
is
doing
so
at
the
expense
of
a
full
or
nearly
full
athletic
scholarship.
Those
days
have
passed,
if
they
ever
fully
existed.
Only
college
football
and
basketball
programs
with
their
huge
financial
windfalls
at
Division
One
schools,
can
afford
or
offer
“Full
Ride”
scholarships.
The
scholarhips
offered
for
baseball
are
always
partial
scholarships
and
excellent
players
who
are
great
students
often
combine
athletics,
academics
and
work
study
to
help
finance
their
continuing
education.
Although
the
landscape
of
baseball
has
changed
dramatically,
there
are
still
numerous
possibilities
for
student/athletes
to
continue
their
passion
for
the
game
at
community
colleges
or
as
non-scholarship
or
partial
scholarship
roster
players
at
Division
1&2
schools,
NAIA
schools
or
at
Division
3
schools
who
along
with
Ivy
League
schools,
DO
NOT
offer
athletic
scholarship
money
for
baseball
players.
Below
are
a
few
links
to
credible
articles
regarding
the
college
baseball
recruiting
process.
Article
on
the
Reality
of
College
Baseball
Recruiting
