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Message: [QUOTE="huskymedic, post: 3176818, member: 549"] Shooting the crap the other day about this w/ a UConn Club Lacrosse player who's buddy w/ my youngest son. Title 9 compliance isn't the issue per se (it can be addressed) > it's the start-up and on-going operating costs for the program. [URL='https://www.courant.com/sports/hc-sp-uconn-mens-lacrosse-20171220-story.html']Someone needs to write a big check.[/URL] >>Athletics programs are considered educational programs and activities. [URL='http://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/inclusion/title-ix-frequently-asked-questions#how']There are three basic parts of Title IX as it applies to athletics:[/URL] 1.) Participation: Title IX requires that women and men be provided equitable opportunities to participate in sports. Title IX does not require institutions to offer identical sports but an equal opportunity to play; 2.) Scholarships: Title IX requires that female and male student-athletes receive athletics scholarship dollars proportional to their participation; and 3.)[COLOR=rgb(255, 0, 0)]Other benefits:[/COLOR] Title IX requires the equal treatment of female and male student-athletes in the provisions of: (a) equipment and supplies; (b) scheduling of games and practice times; (c) travel and daily allowance/per diem; (d) access to tutoring; (e) coaching, (f) locker rooms, practice and competitive facilities; (g) medical and training facilities and services; (h) housing and dining facilities and services; (i) publicity and promotions; (j) support services and (k) recruitment of student-athletes.<< >>An institution must meet all of the following requirements in order to be in compliance with Title IX: [LIST=1] [*]For participation requirements, institutions officials must meet one of the following three tests. An institution may: [LIST=1] [*]Provide participation opportunities for women and men that are substantially proportionate to their respective rates of enrollment of full-time undergraduate students; [*]Demonstrate a history and continuing practice of program expansion for the underrepresented sex; [*]Fully and effectively accommodate the interests and abilities of the underrepresented sex; and, [/LIST] [*]Female and male student-athletes must receive athletics scholarship dollars proportional to their participation; and, [*]Equal treatment of female and male student-athletes in the eleven provisions as mentioned above.<< [/LIST] 2018 UConn undergrad demographics was 51% female. [/QUOTE]

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