. Many people continue to believe Title IX compliance is still elusive for many schools. The Office of Civil Rights (O.C.R.), in the Justice Department, examines complaints and determines if the school is in compliance with Title IX. If not, the Justice Department may well initiate its own legal action against the school. The potential loss of hundreds of millions of dollars has prompted university officials to view Title IX much more seriously. The requirements placed on schools by the O.C.R. and the ways school have cut men's athletics to create an artificial balance, can make life difficult for administrators in athletic departments around the country. This continual erosion of men's athletics programs to create gender equity is an artificial way to implement a very important principle. If athletics are a worthy enterprise for a school, then people need to be creating opportunities for women, not eliminating men's opportunities (Collegeexpress.com). Title IX...
