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Article: Official Statement of the Independent Women's Forum on Title IX Commission Recommendations.
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- February 26, 2003
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WASHINGTON -- WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- The following is an official statement of the Independent Women's Forum on Title IX Commission recommendations:
"Recommendations made this week by the Commission on Opportunity in Athletics will improve the unfair environment created by Title IX but not go far enough.
"We at the Independent Women's Forum commend the Commission for taking a step in the right direction. However, we would prefer to see Title IX's gender proportionality requirement ended, because it is nothing more than an onerous quota system that has led to the elimination of thousands of male athletic slots.
"The enforcement of ...