OCR continues to find serious violations in many of its cases, as do the courts, which are ruling with increasing frequency that women are not receiving equal athletic opportunity. OCR will continue to respond to complaints, and it also will continue to work actively with many schools and associations to address problems and issues before they become the subject of complaints. Rest assured, we will continue to enforce Title IX fairly and to help institutions comply with the law. Many colleges and universities are striving to provide equal athletic opportunity, and we will work with them to find creative and innovative practical approaches to ending sex discrimination in intercollegiate athletics. Mr. Chairman, there is no place for discrimination in sports.
Discrimination goes against the very grain of what competition is all about.
In sports we encourage and reward performance. In our history, sports have allowed us to cross all artificial social and class distinctions and barriers. We should showcase sports as a model of equality in American society as we continue to set examples for all countries around the world with our Olympic participation.