>>[kdlsc] I'm just not getting it. Where have we seen that Title IX is not being enforced?
The law does not say equal money has to be spent, only an appropriate proportion for those involved. Colleges and Universities tend to offer more female athletic teams than male teams. Yes, maybe football cancels out those extra teams. But let's face it, football is a unique beast. Is anyone here a coach that would want 40 players on a soccer team?<<
Actually, the three pronged test for compliance is much more vague:
1. Demonstrate that intercollegiate level participation opportunities for male and female students are provided in numbers substantially proportionate to their respective enrollments; or
2. Where the members of one sex have been and are under represented among intercollegiate athletes, show a history and continuing practice of program expansion; or
3. Where the members of one sex are under represented among intercollegiate athletes, and the institution cannot show a continuing practice of program expansion such as that cited above (in Part 2), demonstrate that the interests and abilities of the members of that sex have been fully and effectively accommodated by the present program.
In terms of scholarships, Title IX states that the total amount of athletic aid must be substantially proportionate to the ratio of female and male athletes.
If you use the simplest compliance test, having proportional representation and scholarships/athletic aid among the male and female students in terms of intercollegiate athletics, it is estimated that 80% of schools are out of compliance [Source: Women's Sports Foundation]. This is a tough measure since female undergraduate proportions are in the high 50%'s and expected to rise above 60% in the next two years.
Respectfully, the "number of teams" and "football is a different beast" isn't part of Title IX. It is the opinion of many folks, right or wrong, that it should be -- but it's not Title IX.
