In order for a school to be in agreement with Title IX, it must meet three qualifications: must be in compliance by demonstrating that rate of participation of the underrepresented sex is proportionate the rest of the school’s full-time enrollment, must have a history and continuing practice to expand the athletics program in order to accommodate the interests of the underrepresented sex, and if the school is unable to demonstrate in neither proportionality nor a report of expanding programs to the underrepresented students, it can still be in compliance if it accommodates the interests of the underrepresented sex. One current way the government makes sure that the school complies, is by making sure there are “growth sports” in the educational
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Until recently, Black female participation in interscholastic athletics has been limited to sports that are the least expensive for both the participant and the school: Basketball and track & field are the primary sports meeting the criteria (Lopiano, 2001). Citing the Wilson Report, a joint effort in 1988 between Wilson Sporting Goods Company and the Women’s Sport Foundation, which was based on a sample of 500 families nationwide, Weiler (1998) noted that although Black and White females were equally likely to participate in sports, 33% of Black girls (compared to 18% of White girls) said that their families could not afford to pay the cost of equipment and lessons. Although purchasing a basketball is considerably cheaper than purchasing a horse, equestrian gear, and a country club membership, what is not so clear is the long-term effect of this approach in terms of providing equal access for both Black and White girls in interscholastic sports programs. It may be argued, for example, that by increasing the number and offering of women’s sports at the high school and collegiate level, opportunities for sports participation and development are extended toward White, middle-class women at the expense of
Until recently, Black female participation in interscholastic athletics has been limited to sports that are the least expensive for both the participant and the school: Basketball and track & field are the primary sports meeting the criteria (Lopiano, 2001). Citing the Wilson Report, a joint effort in 1988 between Wilson Sporting Goods Company and the Women’s Sport Foundation, which was based on a sample of 500 families nationwide, Weiler (1998) noted that although Black and White females were equally likely to participate in sports, 33% of Black girls (compared to 18% of White girls) said that their families could not afford to pay the cost of equipment and lessons. Although purchasing a basketball is considerably cheaper than purchasing a horse, equestrian gear, and a country club membership, what is not so clear is the long-term effect of this approach in terms of providing equal access for both Black and White girls in interscholastic sports programs. It may be argued, for example, that by increasing the number and offering of women’s sports at the high school and collegiate level, opportunities for sports participation and development are extended toward White, middle-class women at the expense of