EYE ON WOMEN’S SPORTS: The
Year of Title IX
Has Title IX resulted in equality?
Many claim womens
athletic teams still
get shortchanged
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Schools, media
turn blind eye to
women’s teams
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Despite the t ill gains iiuilr in
female ithtflH x in the |K.tst 1?0 wa»s few
sports Ians r\n x* r ,1 » ollrge woman
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athlrtu departments > v.n
women's trams still sullri limn minimal
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< hainpionxhip t< am Hut when urn
flunk of it n should have done ntur h
mot r than fival football Ultni out
voltes full Irani has tin' lx st in old in Oh
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unfit tnoiii i!i dir Hig I i n, voti have to
wonder Oii'ii the \ re gcHiiii{ < <p»al
< overage
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anvlliing diHrirni m xo xhott a turn
I hi t < no w.»\ that in 10 or I N sears
women i oulfl have hmlt up tin interest
that turn x x|*>ttx have tii H#l (oi more)
vrais Dr lanes saw!
iktl lilts veal x\( AN women s flasket
bail championship final between
Sianloni I and Western kentu< k\ I
iiidu atrd inter r xt ma\ in Lot hr
Hailing I h< gam* drew a me ag«» • >
television rating, the low* xt in tin I I
vrai hixiorv ol .in event Mien \ aigax
xetiloi * ouiisel ai tin National Women x
I an i ant*! said v tio*»ls air It * blame
'll the athlrtu drpartinetm dun t
promote (wuincu x teams), and lb*
firwxpa|x is don I < over them, then of
* *Mjise no <mt< x going to liek exit u» die
slaifmi11 on a whim, she vod
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Lots of fans disguised as empty seats