Title IX

Title IX in a Nutshell explained how Title IX become a law and the different court cases. We know that the law came about in 1972, but it was not for sports. It was original for education purposes, federal financial aid and allegations of sex discrimination. Not until 1979 did Title IX get geared towards women’s sports. With that the Policy Interpretations was formed which is the yardstick with which to measure the attainment in a sport programs of the goals found in the regulations (Carpenter). There is then a three prong test, one of the tests has to be followed by the university or college in order to be in compliance with Title IX.

Does Title IX make things harder for high school and college Athletic Directors? Yes, but this law makes things far for everyone. It is not far for the men’s basketball to get new jerseys and the women’s team does not. Going back to the high school days and guys and girls basketball; I remember a rule was made to have some of the girl’s games on some Friday nights before the guy’s games to a bigger crowd at the girl’s game. It worked for the most part. It helps when you have a good team because that is an added incentive. There were also times during the winter when I played baseball we had to alternate the gym times with the softball team. One week baseball would go after school and the next softball would go after school. It all worked out.