Subject: Our Time Has Come  Date:  Fri, 22 Jun 2001 13:13:17 -0400    Dear Title IX Reform Supporters:    The time to tell our story has come!    The IWF takes the position that Title IX policy, especially the  proportionality test, is discriminatory toward male athletes and needs to be  changed. We have been working for the past three years to expose this  problem to lawmakers and opinion leaders, and have recently been speaking  with new administration staff.    To that end, I have been asked to compile personal stories of the impact a  Title IX cut has on individual athletes and coaches. These stories will be  submitted to the new administration as evidence that the Title IX problem  has a real face.    I would be very grateful if you could forward to me any anecdotes or  personal testimonies from yourself, and/or any student athletes who have  seen their college experience collapse when their team was cut. The  requestors asked to hear from students who:  * were forced to leave school when their athletics scholarship was cut;  * were forced to give up playing their sport entirely to stay in the school  where they had started;  * walk-on athletes who were turned away and whether they ended up leaving  that school;  * were forced to transfer to another school and then had to sit out a season due to the transfer.  * Coaches who have been doomed by cuts should also submit testimonies.    This request is time sensitive as the information may become necessary for  use in hearings on Capitol Hill. It would a great help if I could gather  these stories by the 15th of August. E-mail format is best, but faxes and  mail will always be welcome.    Please let me know if you can assist this effort.  Please forward this message to others who can assist.    **************************  Kimberly Schuld  Director of External Relations  Independent Women's Forum  4141 N. Henderson Rd.  Plaza Suite 8  Arlington, VA  22203  PH: (703)558-4991  FX: (703)558-4994  email: kschuld@iwf.org  www.iwf.org