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Message: [QUOTE="billybud, post: 4728760, member: 3850"] [I]a. Some aspects of athletic programs may not be equivalent for men and women because of unique aspects of particular sports or athletic activities. This type of distinction was called for by the "Javits' Amendment" [URL='https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/t9interp.html#ftn5']5[/URL] to Title IX which instructed HEW to make "reasonable (regulatory) provisions considering the nature of particular sports" in intercollegiate athletics. Generally, these differences will be the result of factors that are inherent to the basic operation of specific sports. Such factors may include rules of play, nature/replacement of equipment, rates of injury resulting from participation, nature of facilities required for competition, and the maintenance/ upkeep requirements of those facilities. For the most part, differences involving such factors will occur in programs offering football, and consequently these differences will favor men. If sport-specific needs are met equivalently in both men's and women's programs, however, differences in particular program components will be found to be justifiable.[/I] Modes of travel for men's and women's teams travelling to the same or similar locations should be the same. Accomodations should be similar...etc. etc. [/QUOTE]