Revolution Title IX

Welcome back to the Bill Bradley Collective, where we begin to tie the bow on this season celebrating women in sports with a conversation about Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. We are mere days from the 50th anniversary of Title IX being signed into law by President Richard Nixon, and it is likely no piece of legislation has had a greater, more positive impact on women’s sports. But this act was not conceived at the time with that effect in mind. Your hosts dive into the history of this law, enacted in the moment as an amendment to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to address sex-based discrimination in higher education. We touch on the architects of this legislation, specifically Senator Birch Bayh and Congresswoman Patsy Mink; how interpretation of the bill has evolved over the presidential administrations since; and the tremendous impact it has had on female sports, how we’ve come to consume female sports’, the handling of sexual assault cases at the collegiate level and what the future holds in the representative growth of women in sport and the enduring legacy of Title IX. But first a rant or three, as Zak censures the sentiments of disgraced Washington Commanders’ DC Jack Del Rio that likened the January 6th U.S. Capitol attack to a “dust-up” whilst trying to equate said insurrection to the George Floyd protests of 2020; Ed weighs in on the NFL’s abhorrent handling of Deshaun Watson’s countless sexual Improprieties in light of news linking him to *66* individual massage therapists over 17 months; and finally Andrew leads us into what will be a big part of both our next season focus and live opener with a look at the golfing landscape following the Saudi-funded LIV golf tour’s debut event.