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MIAMI _ For the first time, more women than men are playing sports at the University of Miami.
In this, the 30th year of Title IX _ the federal law mandating gender equity at educational institutions _ that pleases UM athletic director Paul Dee.
But it rankles coaches such as Randy Ableman, a nine-time NCAA diving Coach of the Year, whose men's swimming and diving team will be eliminated next year to help UM maintain gender parity.
And it doesn't excite men's track and field coach Mike Ward, whose program has two scholarships, compared with 18 for the women's program.
"Do guys get the short end because of Title IX?" Ward said. "Well ...