Editing Title IX (section)

===Increasing participation===

Advocates of Title&nbsp;IX's current interpretation cite increases in female athletic participation, and attribute those increases to Title&nbsp;IX.<ref>{{cite web |title=Title&nbsp;IX Athletic Statistics |publisher=[[American Association of University Women]] |url=http://www.aauw.org/advocacy/laf/lafnetwork/library/athleticStatistics.cfm |access-date=October 13, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091016045122/http://www.aauw.org/advocacy/laf/lafnetwork/library/athleticStatistics.cfm |archive-date=October 16, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ncwge.org/PDF/TitleIXat35.pdf |title=Title&nbsp;IX at 35: Beyond the Headlines |publisher=National Coalition of Women and Girls in Education |access-date=October 13, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090919181353/http://www.ncwge.org/PDF/TitleIXat35.pdf |archive-date=September 19, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.titleix.info/ |title=TitleIX.info |access-date=October 13, 2009 |publisher=The MARGARET Fund of NWLC |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090621091142/http://www.titleix.info/ |archive-date=June 21, 2009 }}</ref> One study, completed in 2006, pointed to a large increase in the number of women participating in athletics at both the high school and college level. The number of women in high school sports had increased by a factor of nine, while the number of women in college sports had increased by more than 450%.<ref>Linda Jean Carpenter and R. Vivian Acosta, ''Women in Intercollegiate Sport: A Longitudinal National Study Twenty-Nine Year Update 1977–2006'' (2006)).</ref> A 2008 study of intercollegiate athletics showed that women's collegiate sports have grown to 9,101 teams, or 8.65 per school. The five most frequently offered college sports for women are in order: (1) Basketball, 98.8% of schools have a team; (2) Volleyball, 95.7%; (3) Soccer, 92.0%; (4) Cross Country; 90.8%, and (5) Softball; 89.2%.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://webpages.charter.net/womeninsport/2008%20Summary%20Final.pdf |title=Women in Intercollegiate Sport, a Longitudinal National Study |year=2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704090411/http://webpages.charter.net/womeninsport/2008%20Summary%20Final.pdf |archive-date=July 4, 2008 |access-date=March 31, 2010 }}</ref>  The lowest rank for female sports teams is bowling.  The exact percentage is not known; however, there are only around 600 students on women's bowling teams in all three divisions in the NCAA.<ref>{{Cite web|title=NCAA.org – The Official Site of the NCAA|url=http://www.ncaa.org/|access-date=2021-02-26|website=NCAA.org |language=en}}</ref>