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A New Frontier For Women’s Sports (Beyond Title IX)

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This study examines and evaluates the problems associated with the current Title IX regulations. It examines and gives examples of many inequities with the current three part test utilized by the Department of Education to determine compliance. A major reform in the Title IX regulations is advocated in order to establish a new era of equity and fairness for female athletes in intercollegiate sports. These new regulations involve not only participation, but also scholarships, operating budgets, recruiting budgets, and coaching salaries.

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Notes

  1. Nader [7].

  2. Suggs [11], 69–70.

  3. Mitchell and Ennis [6], xv.

  4. O’Reilly and Cohn [8], xix.

  5. Hogshead-Makar and Zimbalist [3], 2.

  6. “Title IX,” Houston Chronicle, June 23, 2002, 1A.

  7. Ralph Nader, Op cit.

  8. Blumenthal [1], 31.

  9. Hogshead-Makar, Op. cit., 54.

  10. Hogshead-Makar, Op. cit., 53.

  11. Suggs, Op. cit., 107.

  12. Mitchell, Op. cit., 62.

  13. Ibid., 63.

  14. “Timeline of Gender Equity Issues at Fresno State,” USATODAY.COM/SPORTS/COLLEGE/2008-05-12-FRESNO-TIMELINE, 2.

  15. Ibid.

  16. Ibid.

  17. Lipka [4], A30.

  18. Ibid.

  19. “Annual Report on Gender Equity,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, May, 2007, CHRONICLE.COM/STATS/GENDEREQUITY/2007.

  20. Jill Liber Steeg, “Title IX Q&A with Karen Moe Humphreys, USA TODAY, USA TODAY, USATODAY.COM/SPORTS/COLLEGE/2008-05-12-TITLE-IX-QANDA.

  21. Jill Liber Steeg, “Lawsuits, Disputes Reflect Continuing Tension Over Title IX,” USA TODAY, USATODAY.COM/SPORTS/COLLEGE/2008-05-12-TITLE-IX-COVER.

  22. Ward [12], B4.

  23. Hogshead-Makar, Op. cit., 164–165.

  24. Ibid., 153.

  25. Ibid., 153.

  26. Ibid., 73.

  27. Lipka [5], A29.

  28. Wolverton [13].

  29. Phillips [10], C1.

  30. Fletcher and Sandovel [2], D1.

  31. Phillips [9], C1.

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Kennedy, C.L. A New Frontier For Women’s Sports (Beyond Title IX). Gend. Issues 27, 78–90 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12147-010-9091-y

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