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Title IX was only created in the 70s, the government created the NCAA as a self-regulatory organization in the early 1900s so that they wouldn't have to get inv
by Alex3917 9y ago
Title IX was only created in the 70s, the government created the NCAA as a self-regulatory organization in the early 1900s so that they wouldn't have to get involved and regulate sports directly themselves.
> Aside from the fact that a ban on pro sports would fly in the face of centuries of case law prohibiting arbitrary government interference with private enterprises
The new research on health outcomes for pro athletes is more than enough to overcome the requirement for non-arbitrariness. And given how many other strange and unnecessary laws there are, this might not be as serious of an issue as it seems.