50 years ago Thursday, the world started to change. The change was, like many things when society has to hold a mirror to itself and recognize it’s been doing things the wrong way, painstakingly slow. That change is still happening today, and will last for years to come. It all began with a presidential penstroke. Richard Nixon signed into law…
At San Diego State, Athletes Unlimited is holding a softball tournament spanning several weeks. 48 of the best players in North America are divvied up into three teams with thousands of dollars on the line. On Thursday, they all wore different uniforms. With a roman numeral IX on the backs, to celebrate the anniversary of Title IX.
According to research from the Women's Sports Foundation, in the days before Title IX just 15% of collegiate student-athletes were women. Today that number stands at 44%. Without Title IX there would be no Athletes Unlimited, no National Women's Soccer League, no Women's National Basketball Association, and certainly not nearly as many women earning scholarship money to achieve their educational goals.“Even 10 years ago if you had told me that I’d be 30 years old, still competing at what I love, and still doing that as my job, I would have told you that you were crazy,” says Hayward.
“Hopefully women’s sports are on full salaries and we don’t have to have another job or a second income or rely on anything else but coming out here and being able to compete,” says Balint.
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