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Gender Equality in College Sports: NCAA Must Comply with Title IX

This Congressional resolution reiterates that the NCAA (the organization governing collegiate sports) must comply with gender equality regulations known as Title IX. This means the NCAA should actively prevent sex-based discrimination in all its programs and activities, ensuring equal opportunities and treatment for all student-athletes.
Key points
The NCAA, as an organization controlling sports programs at federally funded universities, is obligated to comply with Title IX, which prohibits sex-based discrimination.
The resolution emphasizes that the NCAA must ensure equal conditions for athletes of all sexes, including equipment, facilities, schedules, medical care, and promotion, especially during championship tournaments.
It urges the NCAA to implement the recommendations of the Kaplan Hecker & Fink report, which identified gender inequities within the organization and proposed specific corrective actions.
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Expressing the sense of Congress that title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 applies to the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA), and the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) should work to prevent discrimination on the basis of sex in its programs and activities.
Print number: HCONRES 54
Sponsor: Rep. Sherrill, Mikie [D-NJ-11]
Process start date: 2023-06-23