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Title IX was enacted as part of the Educational Amendments Act to ensure equality in athletics at higher educational institutions. Since its enactment in 1972, perhaps no federal statute has had a more direct impact on intercollegiate sports. This paper explores the history of Title IX and its effect on the shaping of women's intercollegiate athletics today. The implementation of Title IX has made great strides and continues to strive in today because the fundamental ideas of this law are supported by the largest intercollegiate athletic governing body, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). As a result, women's participation in college sports has increased from 15% in 1972 to 45% in 2010. It is because of the advent of Title IX and through the support of the NCAA that women have truly found a place as participants in intercollegiate athletics.