America is a land of opportunity, equality, and freedom. It is a place where people can come and have rights and do the things they want to do and be who they want to be. Title IX of the education amendments act of 1972 was set up for that reason. Title IX is a federal law that states, "No person in the United States shall be based on sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance."-title IX. Title IX was created in 1972 and was set up to ensure equality for everybody no matter what sex, male or female, in many aspects of education. The law prohibits biases based on sex and gives women equal rights and opportunities to participate in activities. Title IX applies to all aspects of education, but my main focus today is the effect it has had on sports.
             Title IX applies to all educational institutions, both public and private, that receive federal financial funds. Since most colleges and universities receive federal funds, they must then abide by the regulations set forth by Title IX, which affects schools on a large national level. Title IX affects athletics in 3 ways: 1) participation- it requires that men and women be allowed equal opportunities to participate in sports. It does not, however, require there to be identical sports for men and women. 2) scholarships require the number of scholarships to be given out for men and women to be proportional to their sports participation. 3) Title IX requires equal treatment towards men and women's sports, such as facilities, equipment, practice times and fields, traveling, promotion, and recruiting. This does not mean that money should be split between men's and women's sports because some sports such as football require more equipment than, say, a women's sport such as soccer which the only major piece of equipment is shin-guards, it just has to be proportiona...