show a continuing practice of program expansion, then it can often be demonstrated that the present program has not fully and effectively accommodated the interests and abilities of the members of that sex. The final factor is whether all other benefits, opportunities, and treatments afforded to sports participants are to be equivalent, but not necessarily identical.
             Title IX specifically looks at program components. The program components evaluated under federal law that are most relevant to intercollegiate and interscholastic athletics are the accommodation of students' athletic interests and abilities, the provision and maintenance of equipment and supplies, the scheduling of games and practice times, practice and competitive training facilities, coaching, publicity, medical and training, and travel and per diem (Nelson, 82). Within each of these components, a school or university must equally meet the needs of male and female athletes. If there is a disparity found in one component, a school or university may assert that the disparity if offset
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