“A Sporting Chance”: Commemorating Fifty Years of Title IX

In June 2022, the nation celebrated fiftieth anniversary of Title IX. This landmark legislation, part Education Amendments 1972, continues to have a huge impact, especially on colleges and universities, across efforts counter harassment discrimination based sex. A persistently controversial aspect IX is its application intercollegiate athletics. Prior IX, women had participated in athletics, whether through intramural sports or dancing cheerleading, which, despite being longstanding opportunities for express their athleticism skill, were not always recognized as sports. however, began new era equal opportunity young higher education.