Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 27. Chapters: Academic All-America, At-large bid, Athletic nickname, Automatic bid, Booster club, Collegiate Nationals, Collegiate sport ritual in the United States, Drake Group, Intramural sports, Recruiting (college athletics), Redshirt (college sports), Scheduling alliance, Scout team, Shoryuhai, Student section, Title IX, Walk-on (sports), Woodsman. Excerpt: Title IX is a portion of the Education Amendments of 1972, Public Law No. 92 318, 86 Stat. 235 (June 23, 1972), codified at 20 U.S.C. sections 1681 through 1688, U.S. legislation also identified its principal author's name as the Patsy Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act. It states (in part) that Although the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was written in order to end discrimination based on religion, race, color, or national origin, the act also energized the women's rights movement, which had somewhat slowed after women's suffrage in 1920. While Title IX is best known for its impact on high school and collegiate athletics, the original statute made no explicit mention of sports. In 1967 President Lyndon Johnson sent a series of executive orders in order to make some clarifications. Before these clarifications were made, the National Organization for Women (NOW) persuaded President Johnson to include women in his executive orders. Most notable is Executive Order 11375, which required all entities receiving federal contracts to end discrimination on the basis of sex in hiring and employment. Representative Patsy Mink authored an early draft of Title IX.In 1969 Bernice Sandler used the executive order to help her fight for her job at the University of Maryland. She used university statistics showing how female employment at the university had plummeted as qualified women were replaced by men. Sandler brought her grievance to the Department of Labor's Office for Federal Fair...