Thirty years after the passage of Title IX, fully 80% of all schools and colleges are still out of compliance with the law that prohibits sex discrimination in athletic programs
GOOD NEWS: Since Title IX passed 30 years ago, female high school athletic participation has increased 847%.
BAD NEWS: Male athletes still receive 1.1 million more participation opportunities.
GOOD NEWS: 54% of our college students are female.
BAD NEWS: Female college athletes receive:
36% sports operating dollars
42% college athletic scholarship dollars,
32% athletic team recruitment spending
Male athletes receive $133 million more athletic scholarship dollars than female athletes each year!
79% of the American public supports Title IX, the law that prohibits schools and colleges from discriminating on the basis of sex. (2000 Wall Street Journal/NBC News Poll)
Only 3 of 51 heads of state high school athletic associations are female.
Title IX Fact:
1972 - only 1 in 27 high school girls played varsity sports
2001 - 1 in 2.5 high school girls play varsity sports
While more girls are participating in college sports than ever before, women are not sharing sports related careers:
College Athletics Jobs
% female
Athletic director
16.9%
Sports information director
12.3%
Athletic trainers
27.8%
Head coach of women's sport team
44%
Head coach of men's sport team
2%
Title IX passed in 1972 and both men's sports participation in both high school and college has increased since then:
1972
2001
High School Male Athletes
3,666,91
3,921,069
College Male Athletes (NCAA)
172,447
208,866
High School Female Athletes
294,015
2,784,154
College Female Athletes (NCAA)
31,852
150,916
*Figures provided by the Women's Sports Foundation
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