Title IX Discussion:

My understanding of Title IX is that it was important in establishing, not only, equality in

sports between men and women both in high school and college, but as well as women's rights in
general. While there are definitive differences both sex's that does not mean that they should be
treated differently when it comes to opportunity in the education system to play sports.

Title IX established rules to prohibit giving some students more opportunities in sports
when it comes to gender. School are able to ensure that they are providing equal opportunity to
female students by applying at least 1 of 3 tests.

-Proportionality
-Progress
-Satisfied Interests

The Proportionality test means that girls should receive the same percentage of athletic
opportunities as the percentage of girls in the student body. Therefore if 51% of students are
female, then girls should have approximately 51%of the opportunities to play sports.

The Progress test requires schools to make up for the days when girls had fewer
opportunities by adding new sports for girls on a regular basis.
The Satisfied Interests test requires schools to ask if girls interested in sports are satisfied. Under
this test, a school must regularly ask female students what sports they are interested in and also
take into consideration the popularity of certain sports in the area where the school is located.
The school must, then, add teams according to the girls’ interests.

Title IX does not only look at how many athletic opportunities are available for each sex
but also ensures that opportunities that are available are of equal quality for boys and girls.
Specifically, Title IX, requires equality between boys/girls’ teams for things such as Equipment,
Supplies, Publicity, Scheduling of games/practice times, as well as the quality and number of
coaches.
Sadly, to say some schools do not comply with Title IX. They disregard the fact that it is Federal
law and still practice inequality.

You yourself can help hold your own academic institution to the law by discussing Title
IX with an administrator or the Office of Civil Rights. Which is a government agency that makes
sure schools comply with Title IX. Some of the challenges that colleges have encountered is
funding for both boys’ sports opportunities and girls’ sports opportunities.
The Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act (EADA) is a federal law passed in 1994 that requires
universities and colleges to make available gender equity information about their athletic
programs. Colleges are required to submit this as a form so that the student body has access to
sports information as well as for the Office of Civil Rights to ensure that there is equal
opportunity for students interested in sports regardless of gender.