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Civil Rights and Discrimination

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2014

Western New England University School of Law

Collegiate athletics

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Title Ix Feminism, Social Justice, And Ncaa Reform, Erin E. Buzuvis Jan 2014

Title Ix Feminism, Social Justice, And Ncaa Reform, Erin E. Buzuvis

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This Article discusses social justice feminism as it applies to gender discrimination in collegiate and scholastic athletics in the context of Title IX requirements. Title IX activists today are primarily concerned with securing equal resources and opportunities for women in a college athletic environment. Today, that environment is becoming increasingly commercialized; this presents a Title IX problem because it creates an incentive to invest more athletic department resources into certain men’s athletic programs instead of distributing them equitably to women’s (and other men’s) programs. In addition, the NCAA is presently considering or has recently undertaken deregulation initiatives in a variety …