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Title IX Face-Off

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photoAfter 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.

This program aired on February 26, 2003.

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