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Wednesday, February 26, 2003 at 10:00 AM EST
Title IX Face-Off
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After an eight-month review of Tittle IX, two of the three female athletes on the commission don’t agree with the findings and today will issue a minority report.

Title IX helped more women get into sports, but 31 years later, opponents complain it’s pushing men out. Last June, U.S. Education Secretary Rod Paige appointed a 15-member Commission on Opportunity in Athletics to consider changes to Title IX. The report is due this week.

Guests:

Julie Foudy, member of the Gold Medal winning U.S. soccer team at the 1996 Olympic Games

Jodi Schneider, Special Projects Editor at U.S. News & World Report

Nancy Hogshead-Makar, Olympic swimmer, won three gold medals and a silver at the 1984 Olympics, Professsor at the Florida Coastal School of Law

Mike Moyer, Executive Director of the National Wrestling Coaches Association

Andrew Davis, junior at Michigan State University.

 
 

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