Those seeking to keep the enforcement of Title IX from being changed had a stong showing in the public portion of the Town Hall meeting of the Commission on Opportunity in San Diego, Calif.    A majority of the speakers at the open mike were female, and most of them were asking the Commission not to make any changes in the way that Title IX is enforced and interpreted.    The session started with three "special speakers" who were moved to the front of the session because of their importance as celebrities or sports professionals.    Actress Geena Davis, of Thelma and Louise fame, spoke first, explaining her growing involvement and interest in athletics. She spoke of her movie roles as a baseball player, and how she learned of her athletic abilities that were not devoloped when she was younger. She also explained her desire to be an Olympic archery athlete and how she qualified for the Olympic Trials in her chosen sport.    "Being an athlete has changed my life profoundly," said Davis. "So many women have not received the promises of Title IX." After challenging the concept of using interest surveys to determine sports opportunities, Davis asked for no change in the current regulations. "Every father and mother will be watching what you do. The benefits to society of Title IX are too great to take a step back now."    Next came Cedric Dempsey, the current president of the NCAA, who is finishing his career in that position. Dempsey opened his remarks with a direct statement. "I am a strong supporter of Title IX. No buts."    Dempsey said that Title IX is not the reason for the loss of men's opportunity. He noted a decision in the late 1970's for colleges to be self-supporting in athletics, and used that was a reason that men's sports programs are being lost. "From the men's side, it needed to be done," he explained. He also noted that there is still a "continuing discrepancy between men and women" in college sports resources. He also voiced support for the position of the NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics on the issue. "The problem is not Title IX. It is a perfect law that has been placed in an imperfect mission. The real problem is how to regain the educational mission of college athletics."    The third special guest was California politician Hannah Beth Jackson, a self-proclaimed "lifelong athlete." She noted that she was the best baseball player in her community as a child but was not allowed to play in Little League. She noted that when she was young, "girls weren't supposed to sweat, just glow."    "The discussion, in all due respect, is not how the law has affected boys, but how come it hasn't done more for girls," she continued. She suggested that men "gotta give up a little bit" to be fair to women in sports.    Once the three special guests were completed, the commission went to its list of speakers who had signed up to speak. Unlike Colorado Springs, and the first two hearings, the number of women speakers who supported proportionality clearly outnumbered those who asked for change.    It started with Ann Gill-Fisher, who works at Cal- Davis and is the president elect of a national women's college athletic administrator organization, who said "it's not a choice, it's a requirement." She asked for an end for the "arms race" in big-time football and basketball. "Dollars saved by cutting men are not being used for women," she said.    Many of the speakers discussing the issue were representatives of national women's groups, or worked in the industry as Title IX enforcers or program managers. Others were coaches or athletic department administrators. There message, expressed in many fashions, was basically to leave Title IX alone and address the financial inequities in men's big-time sports, not the law.    Diane Milutinovich, as assistant athletic director at Fresno State, said that some schools drop men's sports then blame Title IX. She called Title IX "an easy whipping girl." She also contended that "women do not want to see men's sports dropped. We have a right to equitable benefits."    Linda Joplin, who served as the president of California's National Organization of Women when it filed suit against the California college system, noted that in the past, more women than men were cut to address financial problems in college athletic departments. "This is why Cal NOW felt it was necessary to file suit. Administrators were willing to cut men's and women's teams. Lawsuits have taken women off the table."    One of the most experienced and respected speakers among those supporting proportionality was Valerie Bonnette, who works as an independent contractor on Title IX issues. She is a former employee for the Department of Education. She noted that the three-part test follows standard civil-rights procedures in other areas of law.    She said that "there has been a decade-long campaign of quotas," and that "the campaign slogan of quotas is false." She noted that there needs to be more education, as well as efforts to educate people on how to comply with Title IX. "When people are ignorant of the law, the way to educate them is not to change the law," she said.    Not all of the proportionality supporters were women. Michael Messner, a USC sociologist, talked about the "ghettoization" of women in sports programs and claimed that "Title IX is good for boys and men. It is unfortunate that some aspects of this debate pits boys and men against girls and women." Then there was Joe Kelly, who represented an organization for Dads and Daughters, who noted that "thanks to Title IX, fathers and daughters have a whole new playing field" to share time together. He closed by saying that "fathers need a strongly enforced Title IX."    That is not to say that those who seek change in the law's enforcement were not there. It was just that the numbers of those who did want to see no changes may have drowned out their voices.    One of those who spoke was J Robinson, head wrestling coach at the Univ. of Minnesota and a San Diego native growing up. His teams have won the last two NCAA wrestling titles. He noted the large loss of opportunity for men to compete in college wrestling in this region now than when he was living here, in spite of the growth of the sport in the community.    "I am against a quota system that eliminates opportunity," said Robinson. "We need to return to our fundamentals. Title IX was meant to increase women's opportunities; it was never intended to eliminate men's opportunities."    Robinson noted that colleges are just concentrating on numbers, not on serving the needs of the student-athletes. "Decision are made by numbers and numbers alone," he said. "The numbers system is driving a wedge between women and men and it must stop." Among his suggested changes was to add an amendment to Title IX that would prohibit dropping men to comply with the law.    One of the more compelling statements by those seeking change came from Jed Clark, a wrestling coach who said, "I support Title IX; I don't support roster management and proportionality." He explained how he quit wrestling and went in a bad direction in his life, then was the victim of a serious auto accident that almost killed him. Rather than give up, he "remembered wrestling. I remember wrestling taught me to never give up. If you believe something, you fight for it. It took me 15 months to recover."    After recovering from his accident, Clark decided to help kids through wrestling. He noted how colleges are turning down financing for men's programs because of Title IX quotas. "We just ask for the opportunity. We will raise the money. Get rid of the quota system that is proportionality."    Chris Davis, who had a wrestling background, said that he was "concerned about fairness." He told some stories about women athletes he has coached who have turned down college sports opportunities and scholarships, as well as some men athletes he coached who did not have any opportunity in college. "Look at a way to defend both men and women," said Davis. "In the end, you are shortchanging girls when you eliminate men's sports."    Mark Gumble, a former wrestler and coach who now works i