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TITLE IX
Women’s Athletic
Funding and
Scholarships
Title IX is a 1972
education amendment
that prohibits
discrimination in
educational institutions
that receive federal
funding.
“No person in the United States
shall, on the basis of sex, be
excluded from participation in,
be denied the benefits of, or be
subjected to discrimination under
any education program or activity
receiving federal financial
assistance.”
—Title IX of the Education
Amendments of 1972
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There are three main parts to the Title IX amendment as applied to
college athletics. The rules call for equivalency in the following areas:
OPPORTUNITY FOR PARTICIPATION
The school must offer equal opportunities based on the ratio of males to females in the
general student body.
SCHOLARSHIPS
This does not mean that equal dollar amounts must be spent on male and female sports,
but dollars must be spent in proportion to participation rates. For example, if the schools
budget is $100,000 and the participation of male to female athletes is 60/40, $60,000
would be required to be spent on male athletics and $40,000 would be required to be
spent on female athletics.
EQUIPMENT/FACILITIES, SCHEDULING,
PUBLICITY, AND OTHER BENEFITS
The standard for this portion is for quality rather than the quantity. In other words, the
same amount of money is not required to be spent on male and female uniforms but the
quality must be equal; the locker rooms are not required to be identical or cost the same,
but they must be of comparable quality.
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