Lincoln Land Community College, in Springfield, Ill., will upgrade its women’s softball facilities under an agreement with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, The State Journal-Register reports. The deal stems from a complaint under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 that a former softball coach for the college filed last year. After an on-site visit and interviews with athletics officials and athletes at Lincoln Land, the federal agency concluded in a 22-page report that the college had denied female athletes equal athletics opportunities related to facilities.
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One Response to Community College Reaches Deal With Office for Civil Rights Over Women’s Athletics Facilities
unabashedmale - July 7, 2010 at 3:39 pm
Isn’t it time we did away with the whole discriminatory process of seperate male and female teams. It would save a huge amount for each college to field one baseball team, one basketball team, etc.As far as facilities, you would need only one locker room. Prudes be quiet.It’s high time that we stopped categorizing women as less than competent to compete with men. It goes against all the liberal thinking of our time.No more seperate but equal!