Non-sport organizations sued the government over non-enforcement
Several individual student-athletes and coaches brought their universities to court during the 1980-1992 period
Unfortunately these lawsuits dragged on for 6-8 years each…Title IX athletics regulations were so numerous and required such discovery and agreement to so many facts that the lawsuits became enormously expensive and time consuming
Litigated for no fees by volunteer attorneys from social justice NGOs
Women’s sports NGOs like the WSF-USA provided expert witnesses who presented academic data on the benefits of sports…budget and participation data…
In 1992, the WSF-USA called a meeting between the women’s sports NGOs and several legal rights NGOs to agree that all potential lawsuits would be limited in scope to participation only…the easiest discrepancy to prove in the shortest period of time.
During the ensuing decade, 80 cases were brought to court and every one was won at great expense to universities and school districts
Women in sport had new allies…dads with daughters who were angry after spending years of training their daughters to play sports and expecting good facilities, good treatment and college athletic scholarships…they were only too eager to defend the honor of their daughters…a development wholly unanticipated by football coaches and men’s sports officials
