with Women’s Sports
IN TOUCH
Title IX taking shape
in California's colleges
j California schools
try ing to find ways to
work with gender equity
w of tin.' most influential
anti controversial issues to
attes t college athletics over
the past tew ve.irs is litle !\.
the federal law that mandates equal
i jpport unity.
The so-s ailed gender equity law ts
placing a major role in how collegiate
athletic departments deside where to
spend their money. Schools are being
forced to consider not only the monetary
concerns of the department, hut also the
equality of these concerns.
Oregon is currently in the planning
stages of how it will deal with the issue of
gender equity in the future. List year the
University '.till it was considering the
addition ot a women’s athletic team in
the future to try and even out the num
ber ot athletic scholarships given to men
and women.
This same type ot debate ts going on
m schixils all over the nation and sjs.uk
mg debate on most college campuses
T he issue ot gender equity is currently
heating up at one C ahforma school,
while others recently addressed the issue
head-on.
At USC. the ease ot Marianne Stan
ley has the eyes of the nation watching.
Stanley was the- successful womens head
basketball coach tor the Trojans for the
js.ist four seasons until tins summer,
when she was unable to agree on a new
contract.
Stanley had compiled a 63-43 record
at l SC and has taken her teams to the
NCAA tournament in two of her last
three seasons. Before coming to l !S( ,
Stanley coached at Old Dominion,
wlu rc she built a dynasty in the late
19?0s and carle I98y\, leading the l.adv
Monarchs to three national dump!
onships and an Ni 1 title
hxact details ot how the contract
negotiations went are unclear, but it
appears that Stanley and the tropins
were only about 515,000 apart oset a
three year pcrkxl In April. I ’St athlct
ic director Mike darrett reportedly
offered Stanley a three year deal that
started at SS0.000 and increased by
510,000 each year. In addition, Stanley
would continue to receive a 5ft,000
housing allowance and her assistant
coach Barbara Thaxton would receive a
pav raise as well.
Stanley wanted a three year deal that
would end with her being payed almost
the same amount as l Si mens head
coach George Raveling, about 5110,000
The first two years differed from l Si' s
offer by $2,000 tn the first year and
$6,000 ttt the second year
When the two sides could not come
to an agreement, l Si- apparently
offered Stanley a one year deal tor
596,000, which included a clause that
said Stanley would not sue the school
However, once again, the two sides
could not come to an agreement.
finally, in August, Stanley was do
trussed as head coach at l * SC and
replaced hv former Troian All American
Chervl Miller. Stanley responded by til
mg a federal sex-disenmination suit
against Garrett and the school itself
This case will probably he tied up m
the courts for a long tune, as the initial
decision will almost certainly be chal
lenged m the appellate courts I he issue
has caught the attention of the sports
world and will continue to do so as
schools irv to find ways to make their
Iill PHOTO
Former USC women's basketball coach Marianne Stanley (center) Is pictured with the
Trojan s 1992-93 senior class, Stanley s final group at USC
ini-M ' .in*! women's departments equal
Other universities in ( ahtornia
recently made progress tow.itil re.idling
gender equity when the t 'alitorm.i State
University system and the National
Organization tor Women made an agree
merit last week
USUS and NONX readied a settle
ment that is designed to open up more
opportunities tor female athletes in the
state university system. I his plan is not
going to directIv split men's and women's
athletic, scholarships 50-50, hut instead
assures the numlx-r available tor women
will he close to equal yvtth the number
of women on campus
I bis agreement followed a lawsuit
tdfil hv M( AX apainst ilu- state schools
niit-m. i laimmpl SI S was in violation
u| thf l ulltoima I illK atlon ( ode and
the l ijual Protection Provision «>t the
California Constitution. I he suit was
tiled alter it was noted that more than
one halt ol l SI !S students are women,
hut only 10 percent ot student athletes
were women
USl is an independent, private
si bool, and as such is not affiliated Wnil
the t SI IS system. 1 bus these two deci
sions are not interrelated, hut it is inter
esiinp to notice the differences wirlun
one state
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