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Title IX: Law ensured balanced cutbacks during pandemic

Vanderbilt Athletic Director Candice Lee talks about the 50th anniversary of Title IX June 8, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn. Title IX is always on Candice Storey Lee’s mind and the Vanderbilt athletics director believes that's how it should be for any administrator running college programs.(AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) FILE - Clockwise from top left; then-Southern Miss athletic director Jon Gilbert smiles during a press conference in Hattiesburg, Miss., Jan. 24, 2017. University of Virginia athletic director Carla Williams speaks during a press conference Dec 13, 2021, in Charlottesville, Va. University of South Florida Athletic Director Michael Kelly speaks during a news conference, Monday, Dec. 2, 2019, in Tampa, Fla. University of North Carolina athletic director Bubba Cunningham makes comments during the NCAA college football team's media day in Chapel Hill, N.C., Aug. 6, 2018. When schools were looking at which programs might be cut to save money as the spread of the virus shut down the sports world in 2020, the law prohibiting sex-based discrimination was a major factor. (AP Photo/File) FILE - In this Nov. 23, 2019, file photo, runners compete in the men's NCAA Division I Cross-Country Championships in Terre Haute, Ind. The pandemic shutdown created financial pressures, particularly for Division I programs with lost revenue from the cancellation of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament and uncertainty about whether football –- which largely funds schools’ abilities to offer Olympic and lower-profile sports programs –- would go forward at all. (AP Photo/Doug McSchooler, File) FILE - Rachel Watters listens during a news conference announcing an NCAA college women's wrestling program for the Iowa Hawkeyes, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021, at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa. Financial challenges will always be an aspect of college sports, but there increasingly more opportunities for growth when it comes to enhancing gender-equity opportunities. (Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP, File) Vanderbilt Athletic Director Candice Lee sits in a meeting room in the school's athletic administration office building June 8, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn. Title IX is always on Candice Storey Lee’s mind and the Vanderbilt athletics director believes that's how it should be for any administrator running college programs. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) FILE - The field of runners compete in the women's NCAA Division I Cross-Country Championships, Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019, in Terre Haute, Ind. The pandemic shutdown created financial pressures, particularly for Division I programs with lost revenue from the cancellation of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament and uncertainty about whether football –- which largely funds schools’ abilities to offer Olympic and lower-profile sports programs –- would go forward at all. (AP Photo/Doug McSchooler, File)
Title IX: Law ensured balanced cutbacks during pandemic