Laws and rules are made to be followed or why would we need them? Title IX is a law creating equal rights to women and men in educational systems. When it comes to sport though, it seems as though colleges look to find ways around this law instead of abiding by it. Yet after reading this article from the New York times as to how colleges go around the Title, it seems like it needs some enforcement. With most funding for education coming from federal funding and losing this funding as a consequence seems scare to me. colleges continue to cheat the system and stake teams with women that don't play or have males on female teams. What is the point of a law that people do not fallow?
Enforcement is needed to this law plain and simple. The NCAA does a horrible job of governing Title IX. A new regulation committee needs to be enacted other then the Office of Civil Rights. This could change up sports as a whole. Once women are considered equal in sports and funded that way maybe a new market can open up to the world. for this to happen enforcement is needed though.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/26/sports/26titleix.html?_r=3&pagewanted=1&hp
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I agree with you, there needs to be a change and enforcement to Title Nine. i find it disturbing how 85% of school are not compliant with Title Nine and yet nothing is being done. Women do need to be seen as equal and I agree when you say that a new market will open up but I think it's fear that does not allow corporations to depict women as an equal or even as a powerful, strong individual. When equality can be shown between a man and women, I believe that is when our society will become stronger as a whole. But it seems like that's just wishful thinking.
Jennifer Macias May Intersession 2011
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