Congress created this amendment on June 23, 1972:
Flash Thoughts:
Title IX came into law by US Congress June 23, 1972.
The purpose was to create an equal pattern in schools for men (boys) and women (girls).
It was honored and recognized across the country on Sunday.
Title IX has seen such a significant movement in women's athletics, from high schools to college and now professional levels.
Women's sports have earned the opportunity to experience the limelight like men and in certain sports, it has been a tremendous movement on how things are presently going.
High school athletics have grown very much as from analysis by Gameday Weekly.
State championships in the Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA) such as volleyball, basketball, softball and soccer deal with talented personnel, great coaching, fan support and media coverage through the NFHS Network, radio stations like WKUL FM, Gameday Weekly and social coverage.
Yours truly dealt with women's athletics the first time in 1982 in becoming an assistant coach for Wallace State Lady Lions basketball.
Title IX was in its early stages for women's sports as the NCAA officially took over women's basketball after it had been under direction for a few years by the AIAW.
Other sports started out from scratch and have gone through great movement in the last four decades.
Now is the WNBA with it being very popular by the likes of rookie players Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese.
Women's soccer has seen greatness in leaps and bounds from the World Cup to Olympic competition.
Softball and volleyball have been given a chance at displaying talent through media exposure being led by cable sports network, ESPN.
Jessica McBrayer, the former Wallace State Lady Lions' hoops coach and now leading the Cullman Lady Bearcats, described this through her social media page, She pointed out how different it is now than when this was something congress felt to be included and for no one to be left behind in the quest for being outstanding in sports and other ways of life.
I know this. Local girls basketball has been on such an upward advance in recent time.
In the season that finished in early March, we had three local girls teams to show quality in being winners. Good Hope claimed 31 victories and the AHSAA 4A title, Cold Springs put up 27 victories and a trip to the Final Four for Class 2A.
West Point soared to a solid season of 24 victories and was a member of the Sweet 16 from 5A basketball.
That's 82 wins by three well known programs in the Cullman County system.
Staying local, the Wallace State Lady Lions handled the change of McBrayer leaving for Cullman as Allen Sharpe was given the chance of leading this group along with his Lion hoopsters.
Sharpe displayed superb hard work and also was blessed with the involvement of a talented player, now getting into the coaching role.
Toni West was hired to be an assistant and as GDW analyzed, she caught on to it and understood the game in a different way.
From greatness with Cold Springs High School and Shelton State Community College, West adjusted and learned from one day to the next.
These people deserve to be valued on equal display and as far as yours truly is concerned, will get it.
The past athletic year was good for Cold Springs winning the girls cross country state championship, the state title taken by Good Hope girls basketball and conference championships in women's athletics at Wallace State in cross country, basketball, volleyball, softball and tennis.
Title IX should be accepted without any question. Not saying, the path of this amendment is easy 52 years after it became a law in the United States.
GDW says "Happy Birthday" to Title IX with many more to come well into the future.
Photo of Jessica McBrayer being interviewed by Johnny "Flash" Thornton of WKUL FM during a Wallace State Lady Lions basketball game April 5, 2022.
Photo courtesy of Bill Piper.
