Word: lopiano
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Taking a more measured view of the Supreme Court's pass was Donna Lopiano, a true pioneer in women's athletics and the current executive director of the Women's Sports Foundation. "The impact is as much psychological as anything else," says Lopiano. "A lot of people--football coaches, especially--were absolutely convinced that some rich school would go to the court and salvation would be at hand and Title IX would be overturned. That was their dream. We hope now that they realize there is no out, that we can move forward and do what we were supposed...
Those who scream loudest about the injustice of Title IX are usually football boosters, some of whom are middle-aged male athletic directors who hold the purse strings. But as Lopiano says, "The dinosaurs are leaving." What's driving them into extinction is not so much feminism or economics but rather parenthood. "Young parents, that first generation of moms and dads who grew up believing their daughters could be athletes, are a vast force for change," says Lopiano. Dads--especially, she adds, men who have coached their daughters' teams for years--are really going to be mad if athletic scholarships...
Those disappointed in the Supreme Court's tacit approval of Title IX won't like this further prediction from Lopiano: "You ain't seen nothin...
...athletic positions for men and women as a violation of the federal law known as Title IX. Mandating gender proportionality, supporters say, successfully enfeebles forces that cling to the view that female athletics are less important, getting to the heart of what equal treatment is all about. As Donna Lopiano, executive director of the Women's Sports Foundation, asserted, "This win is one more step in the right direction for women's sports...