Title Ⅸ should still exist. Furthermore, Title Ⅸ gives women an equal opportunity to participate in sports. This federal law ables women to participate in Olympic competitions. Elinor Nauen, a well known author, states in her article, “A Sporting Chance: Title Ⅸ and the Seismic Shift in Women’s Sports”, that during 1988 Summer Olympics, there was an immense increase in the number of women athletes. “In 1972, 1,058 (or 16 percent) of 7, 123 athletes in total were women. In the 2008 games in China, that number rose to 4,746 (or 42 percent) of the total of 11,196 athletes.” These statistics infer women are taking the opportunity Title Ⅸ offers them. Over the years more and more females are participating in sports and reviciving the benefits of partaking in school-, club-, and professional-sports.
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Olympic team, in 2012, according to Doris Nhan in her article, “Title Ⅸ Win Big in Olympics.” Nhan further asserts, “Women won 29 of the 46 gold medals for the U.S., a whopping 63 percent. On total, U.S. women earned 58 out of the 104 medals won by the nation, topping the medal totals--men and women combined--of every other participating country.” The quote emphasizes males aren't the only ones looking for that victorious win in a world competition. All olympic sport participants work hard for what they want to achieve. They’ve put blood, sweat, and tears through their training for it all to pay off. Nhan also states in her article a quote from Kerri Walsh Jennings, two-time Olympic beach volleyball gold medalist, “‘I Think it’s a big deal to come so far,’...Walsh told USA Today in late July. ‘I don’t even know how many women would have been on the 1972 Olympic team, when Title Ⅸ was just starting. And now, to think of
Olympic team, in 2012, according to Doris Nhan in her article, “Title Ⅸ Win Big in Olympics.” Nhan further asserts, “Women won 29 of the 46 gold medals for the U.S., a whopping 63 percent. On total, U.S. women earned 58 out of the 104 medals won by the nation, topping the medal totals--men and women combined--of every other participating country.” The quote emphasizes males aren't the only ones looking for that victorious win in a world competition. All olympic sport participants work hard for what they want to achieve. They’ve put blood, sweat, and tears through their training for it all to pay off. Nhan also states in her article a quote from Kerri Walsh Jennings, two-time Olympic beach volleyball gold medalist, “‘I Think it’s a big deal to come so far,’...Walsh told USA Today in late July. ‘I don’t even know how many women would have been on the 1972 Olympic team, when Title Ⅸ was just starting. And now, to think of