Title 9
... My focus in on Title 9 and more specifically how it has affected NCAA sports. • Title 9 is an educational amendment of 1972 that prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender in academics or athletics receiving federal funds. ... shall, on the basis of sex be excluded from participation in, or denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any educational program or activity receiving federal aid” Main Participants: • Gwen Gregory of the Department of Health, Education and Welfares Office for Civil Rights along with Department of Education, and many radical feminists groups helped regulate and implement Title IX. Athletics: • Athletics has created the most controversy through Title 9, but it has shown many gains in education and academics.