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Gender Equality In High School Sports: Why There Is A Contact Sport Exemption To Title Ix, Eliminating It, And A Proposal For The Future., Blake J. Furman
Gender Equality In High School Sports: Why There Is A Contact Sport Exemption To Title Ix, Eliminating It, And A Proposal For The Future., Blake J. Furman
Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal
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Gender Equity In College Athletics: Women Coaches As A Case Study, Deborah L. Rhode, Christopher J. Walker
Gender Equity In College Athletics: Women Coaches As A Case Study, Deborah L. Rhode, Christopher J. Walker
ExpressO
As Title IX celebrates its 35th anniversary, many have noted the positive impact it has had on women sports. But there is also an unintended (and oft-neglected) byproduct: as opportunities for female students have increased, opportunities for female professionals have declined. This Article focuses on the barriers that still confront women in college athletics, particularly those who seek professional positions in coaching and administration. Part I presents a brief overview of Title IX, which makes clear its limitations in securing gender equity. Part II.A discusses the declining representation and lower success rate of women coaches, while Part II.B explores the …
Changing Seasons, Changing Times: The Validity Of Nontraditional Sports Seasons Under Title Ix And The Equal Protection Clause, Jane Hefferan
Changing Seasons, Changing Times: The Validity Of Nontraditional Sports Seasons Under Title Ix And The Equal Protection Clause, Jane Hefferan
Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law
Part I addresses the historical and legal significance of Title IX and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment as applied to female athletics. Part II then provides an overview of the landmark litigation in the continuing legal saga of Communities for Equity v. MHSAA, detailing the claims presented by the plaintiffs and the defenses offered by the MHSAA in justification of its policy. Part III then examines the recent trend of Title IX litigation in federal courts in light of this most recent Sixth Circuit ruling. After almost ten years of litigation, the combination of holdings in the …
Swimming Upstream: Men's Olympic Swimming Sinks While Title Ix Swims, Megan Ryther
Swimming Upstream: Men's Olympic Swimming Sinks While Title Ix Swims, Megan Ryther
Marquette Sports Law Review
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Michigan High Schools Now In Sync, Adam Epstein
Michigan High Schools Now In Sync, Adam Epstein
Adam Epstein
A discussion of the important case involving a decade of litigation involving the Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) and its insistence that the six girls' sports seasons that did not coincide with the boys' seasons was legal. However, the MHSAA lost its case and high school sports seasons changed beginning fall 2007 to comply with the federal gender-equity law known as Title IX.