Women and Athletics
I.  What Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 Says

    A.  "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 educational program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance."

    B.    Program Components

            1.    financial aid
            2.    equal opportunities
            3.    recruitment of athletes
            4.    personnel
            5.    facilities and equipment

II.    Positive Impact of Title IX

III.    Compliance with Title IX Today

    A.    Compliance Criteria
            1.    historical effort
            2.    meeting needs
            3.    substantial proportionality

    B.    Why is compliance so low?

    C.    How to achieve compliance?

IV.    Why Women's Sports Are Undervalued and Underfunded In General



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