Title IX Cases Warn Administrators to Address Facilities Disparities

Recent Title IX cases demonstrate that administrators must take a close look at their facilities and immediately begin to correct any disparities.

A key battleground in the fight for gender equity over the past decade is the softball diamond. Few school and athletics administrators foresaw this development. When Title IX was enacted in 1972, most administrators believed that the law would be used mainly to give girls and women equal opportunities to participate in athletics at the expense of male athletes. Male athletic participation, in fact, was not adversely affected at the high school level, while female participation simply exploded as administrators put their focus on offering a greater range of opportunities. Administrators' understanding of the need for equitable facilities, however, was not as quick to take root, and so Title IX case law has increasingly focused on this area.

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