Funding for Women’s Sports

In response to “Not a Level Playing Field,” editorial, Feb. 9:

I take vehement exception to your endorsement of efforts to equalize funding of women’s sports in the California State University system by the expedient of increasing that funding. The only sensible, civilizing, equitable way to establish such equality is to cut drastically the ludicrous sums assigned to men’s sports.

Colleges and universities have many reasons for investing heavily in competitive sports. Not one of them is for educational enrichment.

HELEN KELLEY

Los Angeles