Today marks the 50th Anniversary of the enactment of Title IX which paved the way for the recognition and growth of women’s athletics. In the last few years the Syracuse Orange have taken more steps towards increasing opportunities through the hiring of women to coach women’s sports. We have both women’s basketball and women’s lacrosse sharing facilities with their male counterparts and we’ve cheered individual and team success from Syracuse women.....but what does the future hold?
First and foremost would be the number of women’s sports that Syracuse sponsors. At no point should adding women’s teams mean the reduction of men’s sports as done previously.