Title IX
The recent growth in women's sports is due in large part to the legal system. Specific laws and court decisions have played a vital role in the new opportunities for women. No law has had as great of an impact as the 1972 Educational Amendments to the Civil Rights acts of 1964, known as Title IX.
The main debate over Title IX has focused on the opportunities for women's participation in sports. However sport activity was not the main reason for Title IX. In the Early 1960's, many state universities admitted to the fact that female enrollment in schools was intentionally limited. No such restrictions were applied to male students. During this time many University brochures stated that female admission was limited to women who were specially qualified. Also some medical schools had quotas only to allow five to ten percent of all female applicants. When this overt discrimination was discovered it prompted congress to push for a law that would prohibit such treatment. A......

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