#TakeActionTuesday: A common myth is that Title IX forces schools to cut men’s programs to create more opportunities for women. It’s not true. Title IX requires equitable opportunities. It does not require schools to eliminate men’s sports to get there.
Schools can comply with Title IX without cutting men’s teams by reducing unnecessary spending and investing more fairly across their athletic program. No cuts are required. Schools have multiple ways to meet the law, while building more participation opportunities for girls and women.
Too often, though, Title IX gets blamed for choices schools make about athletics budgets. But the law is not what forces these cuts. Those are institutional decisions.
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Your Turn:
1. Read WSF’s “Play Fair: A Title IX Guide for Athletics” to better understand how Title IX violations show up in athletics from elementary school to college.
2. Educate your community on what equal treatment under Title IX looks like and help dispel ha...