A site called Online College Courses posted a provocative overview of the American legislation. Likely you won’t agree with all of these summary points:
Many schools still don’t abide by the Title IX law
No school has ever lost federal funding for violating Title IX
Women are not inherently less interested in playing sports than men
For every new dollar going into college athletics at the Division I and II levels of college athletics, male sports receive 65 cents. Female sports receive 35 cents
Title IX hasn’t radically changed how college athletic programs are managed
Title IX doesn’t only apply to athletics or females
Title IX doesn’t force schools to cut men’s athletic programs
There are fewer female coaches today than there were in 1972
The majority of Americans support Title IX
read more – 9 Title IX Facts Every Athlete Should Know
… I have mixed feelings about Title IX myself. The intent of reducing discrimination (by discriminating) was noble, but I agree it’s not worked particularly well.
On the other hand, what would NCAA sport look like right now if Title IX had not been brought into law?
Better? Worse? … or somewhat the same?
What women’s collegiate sport needs is not more legal protection, but more great builders like Greg Marsden at Utah. His team had had the highest average attendance of any NCAA woman’s sport last year (13,503) and the third highest WAG team GPA in the country. No credit to Title IX.
He’s developed a product that fans want. … And he knows what his athletes want.
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