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  2. Title IX - Wikipedia

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    The Tower Amendment was rejected, but it led to widespread misunderstanding of Title IX as a sports-equity law, rather than an anti-discrimination, civil rights law. [10] While Title IX is best known for its impact on high school and collegiate athletics, the original statute made no explicit mention of sports. The United States Supreme Court ...

  3. What is Title IX? An impactful law that’s often misunderstood

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    Title IX, the 37-word statute that helped spur a decades-long women’s sports boom, turns 50 years old on Thursday. And yet, roughly 87% of American adults say they’ve heard a little or nothing ...

  4. After 50 years, Title IX compliance in college sports still ...

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    In 1979, amid widespread confusion and pushback on Title IX’s application to sports, ... “Title IX is a law, not a voted-upon NCAA rule.” In fact, an NCAA rule would require approval from ...

  5. Title IX: How the next generation of Black and Brown athletes ...

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    Title IX followed other monumental measures rooted in equal opportunity. The Civil Rights Act became law eight years prior and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 forbid discriminatory voting practices.

  6. Tower Amendment - Wikipedia

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    He believed that the enactment of the law would get rid of confusion and the complicated measures of Title IX. The Tower Amendment was believed to help protect the revenues of major producing sports at each college. Other colleges such as Southern Methodist University voiced similar concerns about the controlling of revenues through Title IX. [7]

  7. Grove City College v. Bell - Wikipedia

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    Grove City College v. Bell, 465 U.S. 555 (1984), was a case in which the United States Supreme Court held that Title IX, which applies only to colleges and universities that receive federal funds, could be applied to a private school that refused direct federal funding but for which a large number of students had received federally funded scholarships.

  8. With NCAA settlement looming, college leaders unsure how ...

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    While Title IX requirements are clear, many in college athletics are questioning whether the federal law should apply to a revenue-sharing model that, in many cases, will distribute payments on ...

  9. Cohen v. Brown University - Wikipedia

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    The case of Cohen v.Brown University challenged cost-cutting efforts Brown University made in 1991 that targeted women's sports and women's interest in sports. Women's volleyball and gymnastics teams were demoted from university-funded varsity status to donor-funded club varsity status, along with the men's water polo and golf teams.