Boys Volleyball in FCPS

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Anonymous wrote:Boys already have football. What are you adding to balance volleyball for girls? Title IX is still a thing

+1. These parents and kids have been going to meeting after meeting about this with no comments about the Title IX issue.

I’m not familiar with Title IX but when looking at the list of fall sports, there are more girl sports than boy sports.

Number of sports isn't the issue, it's the number of slots and the funding. Football is both huge and expensive

Fcps doesnt not fund sports. Hence various teams' fundraisers and Booster Club.

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Anonymous wrote:Boys already have football. What are you adding to balance volleyball for girls? Title IX is still a thing

+1. These parents and kids have been going to meeting after meeting about this with no comments about the Title IX issue.

I’m not familiar with Title IX but when looking at the list of fall sports, there are more girl sports than boy sports.

Number of sports isn't the issue, it's the number of slots and the funding. Football is both huge and expensive

Fcps doesnt not fund sports. Hence various teams' fundraisers and Booster Club.

Some sports are absolutely funded. Others (rowing, dance) are not. I have no idea why some are chosen to be funded and others aren’t.

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I've always been surprised they didn't have this sport for boys.

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Anonymous wrote:The real agenda of those promoting boys volleyball is to replace football with volleyball, but they don't want to deal with the pushback.

No one is trying to replace football. These boys already play volleyball. They are trying to make it an official varsity sport.

Something would have to be cut. Right now, there is balance between boys and girls sports in terms of number of slots available and in terms of budget. Adding another boys sport means something gets cut or you find another girls sport to make varsity

I don’t know why these people don’t get it. They keep pushing this issue when there is a reason for it to be like it is. And with all the more important issues out there, it’s crazy that they keep taking up meeting time and high level staff time with this issue.

I imagine supporters of volleyball just want a volleyball team, but if they need to cut something, seriously, why not cut freshman football and add in both JV and Varsity football. It would save money and be less spots and give students more choices in sports.

It's ridiculous that football is the only no-cut sport paid by FCPS at my kids' high school, with coaches begging kids to please play when other kids are begging to be allowed to play a different sport.

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Is this an official VHSL process you’re going through?

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Anonymous wrote:The real agenda of those promoting boys volleyball is to replace football with volleyball, but they don't want to deal with the pushback.

More likely that flag football will replace tackle football.

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Anonymous wrote:The real agenda of those promoting boys volleyball is to replace football with volleyball, but they don't want to deal with the pushback.

No one is trying to replace football. These boys already play volleyball. They are trying to make it an official varsity sport.

Something would have to be cut. Right now, there is balance between boys and girls sports in terms of number of slots available and in terms of budget. Adding another boys sport means something gets cut or you find another girls sport to make varsity

I don’t know why these people don’t get it. They keep pushing this issue when there is a reason for it to be like it is. And with all the more important issues out there, it’s crazy that they keep taking up meeting time and high level staff time with this issue.

I imagine supporters of volleyball just want a volleyball team, but if they need to cut something, seriously, why not cut freshman football and add in both JV and Varsity football. It would save money and be less spots and give students more choices in sports.

It's ridiculous that football is the only no-cut sport paid by FCPS at my kids' high school, with coaches begging kids to please play when other kids are begging to be allowed to play a different sport.

My kid enjoys volleyball and there are no other good fall sports for him. Boys Volleyball would be an excellent addition to fall sports.

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Anonymous wrote:Boys already have football. What are you adding to balance volleyball for girls? Title IX is still a thing

This. Boys have lots of options. And their sports are favored by school promotion, ticket sales, boosters, parents. Why do boys need "balance" in volleyball when "balance" is not present in other sports.

I'll pass.

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Anonymous wrote:Boys already have football. What are you adding to balance volleyball for girls? Title IX is still a thing

+1. These parents and kids have been going to meeting after meeting about this with no comments about the Title IX issue.

I’m not familiar with Title IX but when looking at the list of fall sports, there are more girl sports than boy sports.

Number of sports isn't the issue, it's the number of slots and the funding. Football is both huge and expensive

Our football team has banners, private trainers who come onsite to do speed/agility, free meals, and a huge "tunnel" that only they get to use. It's ridiculous.

Meanwhile, we had out of state HS tournaments for our girls team and had to drive individually b/c we didn't have the budget for a bus.

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Anonymous wrote:Boys already have football. What are you adding to balance volleyball for girls? Title IX is still a thing

+1. These parents and kids have been going to meeting after meeting about this with no comments about the Title IX issue.

I’m not familiar with Title IX but when looking at the list of fall sports, there are more girl sports than boy sports.

Number of sports isn't the issue, it's the number of slots and the funding. Football is both huge and expensive

Fcps doesnt not fund sports. Hence various teams' fundraisers and Booster Club.

Some sports are absolutely funded. Others (rowing, dance) are not. I have no idea why some are chosen to be funded and others aren’t.

Are rowing and dance club sports vs varsity?

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Anonymous wrote:Boys already have football. What are you adding to balance volleyball for girls? Title IX is still a thing

There is cheerleading and field hockey. Volleyball is the only coed sport where only girls can play. Volleyball is a boys sports elsewhere in the state and country.

Cheerleading is coed, as is dance team- we have had both sexes in diff years on each. This year I think only on dance.

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Anonymous wrote:Boys already have football. What are you adding to balance volleyball for girls? Title IX is still a thing

There is cheerleading and field hockey. Volleyball is the only coed sport where only girls can play. Volleyball is a boys sports elsewhere in the state and country.

Cheerleading is coed, as is dance team- we have had both sexes in diff years on each. This year I think only on dance.

So boys should also be able to play volleyball. Maybe also make it coed.

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Anonymous wrote:Boys already have football. What are you adding to balance volleyball for girls? Title IX is still a thing

+1. These parents and kids have been going to meeting after meeting about this with no comments about the Title IX issue.

I’m not familiar with Title IX but when looking at the list of fall sports, there are more girl sports than boy sports.

Number of sports isn't the issue, it's the number of slots and the funding. Football is both huge and expensive

Fcps doesnt not fund sports. Hence various teams' fundraisers and Booster Club.

That’s bs. FCPS absolutely funds sports programs. It pays coaches and trainers salaries, uniforms, equipment, etc.. Boosters at some schools pay for extras and sports does bring in some income.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Boys already have football. What are you adding to balance volleyball for girls? Title IX is still a thing

There is cheerleading and field hockey. Volleyball is the only coed sport where only girls can play. Volleyball is a boys sports elsewhere in the state and country.

Huh?

Volleyball is a girls sport around the rest of the country. Not a coed or boys sport.

That said, boys volleyball sounds fine if there it interest. Just don't let boys join the girls teams. Safety first!

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Anonymous wrote:Boys already have football. What are you adding to balance volleyball for girls? Title IX is still a thing

There is cheerleading and field hockey. Volleyball is the only coed sport where only girls can play. Volleyball is a boys sports elsewhere in the state and country.

Cheerleading is coed, as is dance team- we have had both sexes in diff years on each. This year I think only on dance.

So boys should also be able to play volleyball. Maybe also make it coed.

It is not safe to have coed volleyball. Keep the girls teams just for girls.