"Interpreting Title 9 Is Game in Itself."
- The Washington Post, June 8, 1975

In the 1970’s, women started using Title IX to fight against discrimination. But the main opposition was over the inclusion of revenue generating sports and men teams subsidizing women's teams. 

Opposition

"...men's coaches lobbied to exempt college sports from Title IX"
Source: Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority Documentary

"... the loudest clamour is coming from colleges that are in the business of running expensive sports programs built around income-producing spectator sports, usually football and basketball." - Washington Post, June 8th, 1975

" Impending doom is around the corner if these regulations are implemented."
Source: Walter Byers, NCAA executive director , "Let Me Play, by Karen Blumenthal"

Tool for Change

  "The Yale women's rowing team made a very loud statement about Title IX in 1976... it ...served notice to schools that Title IX could no longer be ignored" - ESPN, Mar 26th, 2012
"These are the bodies that Yale is exploiting" - Chris Ernst, A Hero for Daisy Documentary
"This got the administration's attention..." - Source: Carm Coach - Head Coach, Yale Football 1965-96, A Hero for Daisy Documentary
"They were revolutionaries..." - Source: Holly Hatton, Olympic Rowing Coach, A Hero for Daisy Documentary
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