A Colorado State University student’s story illustrates how Title IX’s impact has evolved since President Richard Nixon signed the landmark gender-equity law on June 23, 1972.
“Dealing with Title IX was so horrible,” she said.
For years, Title IX was ignored outside of that athletic context, said Igor Raykin, an Aurora attorney who specializes in Title IX discrimination. “If you just tell a plaintiff, ‘All we can do is file a complaint with some kind of government agency,’ they may ask you, ‘Really what’s the point of that?’ You know, there’s not going to be much of a remedy there. Whereas if there could be some kind of a financial remedy, then plaintiffs at that point are more likely to move forward,” Raykin said. “But the development of this case law was still slow.
Simpson sued the university, arguing that CU Boulder sanctioned and funded a program to show recruits a good time and lacked proper control, allowing the prospective players to misbehave. As the legal battle played out, Simpson faced harassment from those who did not believe her story and who accused her of trying to destroy a successful football program.
The university paid Simpson $2.5 million and $350,000 to the second woman, and agreed to expand its victims’ assistance center and employ a Title IX monitor to address the school’s sexual harassment, assault and gender-discrimination problems. The president, chancellor and athletic director resigned in the wake of the scandal.
Today, colleges across the country, including CU, have offices and administrators dedicated to Title IX compliance.
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