A Look at Gender Equity in Collegiate Athletics and the Role Title IX Plays
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What is your age range? What is your gender. What is your highest level of athletic competition. Being able to use one of the three prongs to demonstrate Title IX compliance, gives schools the flexibility to ensure that progress can be made to provide equal opportunities for males and females to participate on varsity teams at universities/colleges. Title IX requires educational institutions to sponsor equal numbers of varsity athletic teams for males and females. More education needs to be provided so that everyone understands the Title IX law. Schools should be able to preserve existing varsity athletic teams with private funding even if it protects just male or female varsity athletic programs. With risk of losing all financial funds, no university/college has ever been penalized for violating Title IX. Female and male varsity athletic programs should be under the same athletic budget. Winning percentages should be a factor in determining how much funding athletic teams will receive The number of males who compete on varsity athletic teams at colleges has increased since Title IX was enacted. |