Equality between the sexes has been a long lasting controversy. From wages, roles in a family, occupations, and voting women have been fighting to be treated equally. When asked as a child, what do you want to do when you grow up? Most children want to be a college athlete and later become a professional athlete. Because of Title IX, young women have the opportunity to compete at a college level. It is important to push colleges to treat their athletes equally because we want female athletic participation to keep increasing. There is absolutely no reason that women should not have the same opportunities as men to play college sports. Female athletes are humans, we have ten fingers, ten toes, and red blood. Colleges should not have to power to discriminate athletes because of their sex. Their gender should not be the reason they have less of an opportunity to achieve their goal. When high school students and parents research potential colleges, having the highest amount of opportunities is extremely important. Title IX should be enforced in colleges because the law aids the progress of female rights. In most collegiate athletic programs, male dominated sports receive the majority of athletic attention and funding. Title IX was passed in 1972 by President Nixon.
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The purpose of Title IX was to insure that, ”no person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance” (Barra, 2015, p.1). Although the law includes all aspects of college, the public mainly associates Title IX with athletics. Even though Title IX is a federal law, some colleges do not enforce its rules and regulations. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) recently “loosened restrictions on the forms of compensation or aid that can be extended to athletes or, in some cases, even their families” (Oguntoyinbo, 2015, p.23). Title IX should be consistently enforced in every college. It isn’t fair to athletes tto compete with other colleges who chose to not follow the rules. Recently, individuals have questioned if Title IX is still effective. Title IX should remain an active law because men and women do not have the same opportunities in college athletics. Female participation and equality for financial funding, and having equal opportunities between sexes are just a few of the areas that Title IX focuses on. Young athletes look up to professional athletes and strive to be just like them. The media show off the benefits of being a professional athlete. The large houses, multiple cars, and product endorsements are just a few of the perks of being a professional athlete. Young children chase the idea of having endless amounts of money. To prove that Title IX has helped increase female athletic participation, Barra (2015) used facts. In 1970, before Title IX was passed, there was about 16,000 female intercollegiate athletes. In 2014, almost 200,000 women participated in college athletics. (Barra, 2015, p.20). Women’s athletics have become more recognized by the public. If colleges decided to stop enforcing Title IX, women’s athletics would not have enough support to attract younger athletes. To gain interest, Title IX is needed to allow women’s athletics to have equal opportunities. Due to the advancements made by Title IX, young women can look up to female athletes like Jennie Finch, and Victoria Jankoska as their role models. The increase in female participation as also led to an increase in publicity. Recently, the United States Woman’s Soccer team won the World Cup. Since the World Cup, there has been an increase in young girls wanting to play soccer. Young girls look up to professional female athletes and strive to be like them. When comparing men’s athletics to woman’s athletics, there is almost no comparison. Men’s athletics have had a longer history than women’s athletics. The Olympics originated in Athens, Greece in 776 BC (Olympics, 2015. p.1). Women were not allowed to compete in the Olympic Games until 1900. Even in 1900, from the 997 athletes, only 22 of them were women. In the most recent Olympics, 44 percent of the participants were women. Therefore, Title IX is needed to make sure female participation increases in the future. Increasing female participation is important because sports teach
The purpose of Title IX was to insure that, ”no person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance” (Barra, 2015, p.1). Although the law includes all aspects of college, the public mainly associates Title IX with athletics. Even though Title IX is a federal law, some colleges do not enforce its rules and regulations. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) recently “loosened restrictions on the forms of compensation or aid that can be extended to athletes or, in some cases, even their families” (Oguntoyinbo, 2015, p.23). Title IX should be consistently enforced in every college. It isn’t fair to athletes tto compete with other colleges who chose to not follow the rules. Recently, individuals have questioned if Title IX is still effective. Title IX should remain an active law because men and women do not have the same opportunities in college athletics. Female participation and equality for financial funding, and having equal opportunities between sexes are just a few of the areas that Title IX focuses on. Young athletes look up to professional athletes and strive to be just like them. The media show off the benefits of being a professional athlete. The large houses, multiple cars, and product endorsements are just a few of the perks of being a professional athlete. Young children chase the idea of having endless amounts of money. To prove that Title IX has helped increase female athletic participation, Barra (2015) used facts. In 1970, before Title IX was passed, there was about 16,000 female intercollegiate athletes. In 2014, almost 200,000 women participated in college athletics. (Barra, 2015, p.20). Women’s athletics have become more recognized by the public. If colleges decided to stop enforcing Title IX, women’s athletics would not have enough support to attract younger athletes. To gain interest, Title IX is needed to allow women’s athletics to have equal opportunities. Due to the advancements made by Title IX, young women can look up to female athletes like Jennie Finch, and Victoria Jankoska as their role models. The increase in female participation as also led to an increase in publicity. Recently, the United States Woman’s Soccer team won the World Cup. Since the World Cup, there has been an increase in young girls wanting to play soccer. Young girls look up to professional female athletes and strive to be like them. When comparing men’s athletics to woman’s athletics, there is almost no comparison. Men’s athletics have had a longer history than women’s athletics. The Olympics originated in Athens, Greece in 776 BC (Olympics, 2015. p.1). Women were not allowed to compete in the Olympic Games until 1900. Even in 1900, from the 997 athletes, only 22 of them were women. In the most recent Olympics, 44 percent of the participants were women. Therefore, Title IX is needed to make sure female participation increases in the future. Increasing female participation is important because sports teach