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That writing is Title IX, part of a 1972 law which mandates "equal athletic opportunity for members of both sexes." Such equal opportunity, some female athletes and a few of the department's bolder coaches say, is not provided by the Harvard athletic experience...
...report seems to have given new life to women's athletes and coaches. Coaches, meeting together with athletic administrators, won the right to see copies of the document, which had previously not been available, and got administrators to agree to a series of meetings to discuss Title IX issues...
...report tries to explain the differences by noting that the percentage of money spent on women's sports 32 percent approximates the percentage of athletes who are women--35 percent. But Kleinfelder and Title IX experts say they find that argument disingenuous in part because the student body is 42 percent women and in part because recruiting and admissions largely determine the number of Harvard athletes...
...self-fulfilling prophecy," says Patty Flannery, a New York-based attorney who specializes in Title IX cases. "If you say the interest isn't there and don't provide the opportunity, who's going to want to play that sport...
Some athletes have become Title IX activists, too. Two members of the Radcliffe crew team held a symposium in April with Kleinfelder, Flannery and an official from the Women's Sports Foundation as panelists. Members of the women's crew also criticized The Crimson's sport coverage for what they sai I was a tendency to write more about men's teams...