By: R.J Swartz
This articles more closely connects to what is upcoming and what we discussed on Tuesday (4/14). In this article there has been an accusation made to the Dennison University athletic department saying they do not comply with the Tittle IX rules and regulation. The article states that the university is made up of 56% of woman but that is only reflected on by 42% of the athletics at the institution being devoted to the woman's programs. The accusation was made my a 76 year old man who lives over 2,000 miles away from the school. Herb Dempsey, the accuser, has devoted much of his time to researching and reporting schools who do not comply with the legislation after his daughters very successful high school volleyball team was over shadow by a mediocre football team. This connects to the upcoming and current topics of gender equality and Tittle IX. People like Herb have reason to be upset. The idea of gender equality is sport is something that is very new tho the industry. Woman has been and continue to fight this uphill battle so that they have the same oppurtunities as males in the wide world of sports. The book hits on this on page 233. Coakley discusses how the Tittle IX legislation was passed and made sense to people when it came to education and the classroom but not in the world of sports. The enforcment of the law was delayed to be enforced by many insitutions for 7 years. It is also discussed how the battle is ever going and the idea of gender equality as taken off like a rocket over the last two generations.
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