Title IX

by Dale Anderson
September 13, 1997

The postsecondary education subcommittee of the House of Representatives is considering adding language to a bill which will help to protect male athletes in the same way female athletes are protected.

The bill itself is called the education reauthorization bill and it provides for $35 billion to be given out to collges and college students in the form of loans, grants, etc.

The following is some of the language which we want to add to the bill:

"In applying the Doctrine of Proportionality as a test to determine compliance with Title IX, the Secretary of Education shall ensure that schools receiving funding under this act shall not diminish in any way the opportunity for students of either gender to participate in intercollegiate athletics."

You should contact your Congressman and tell them to support the language. Here are some talking points:

according to the NCAA, during the past five years for every female added, four males have been dumped
at the division 3 level the ratio is 20 males dropped for every female added
presently there are more female teams than male teams to participate on
even militant and aggressive women's groups are saying that it is wrong to achieve proportionality by eliminating male athletes or resources

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