Education Department's Fake Punt on Women's Sports | Opinion
stated, "As 2022 marks the 50th anniversary of Title IX, the NCAA Woman of the Year program is an important opportunity to honor and reflect on the impact of women on intercollegiate sports."Historically, women had few athletic opportunities in school.
That all changed when Congress passed Title IX in 1972. The law prohibits sex discrimination in federally funded education programs or activities, including athletics.
Title IX is widely lauded for championing women's sports, and since its implementation, participation by girls and women in athletics have increased more than tenfold.But that is all about to change.On the 50th anniversary of Title IX in June, the Department of Education released new proposed regulations on the landmark statute (formally open for public comment a few weeks later).
After wading through the 700-plus-page document, here is what I discovered.Under the proposed regulations, discrimination "on the basis of sex" would be expanded to include discrimination on the basis of gender identity (among other things).
