As you can see from this chart, there are some very large disparities between the Syracuse and Hamilton athletic programs. While Hamilton fulfills the proportionality prong, Syracuse is far from compliance. Although these numbers do not reflect the change that Syracuse has made effective next year, the difference will probably only be a few percentage points. The coaching salary statistics above are misleading because they do not take into account the fact that Hamilton's coaches are also paid for other jobs within the athletic department. They are useful, however, because they show that female coaches at Syracuse are paid only 57% of what the male sport coaches receive. Also, it is important to notice that the male assistants receive virtually the same as the female sport head coaches. At Hamilton, the female head coaches make 62% of what the male sport head coaches. This is clearly a compliance issue that Hamilton needs to consider in the future.
Another interesting fact is the difference in operating budgets. Although the operating budget is not divided proportionally to the percentage of female athletes at Hamilton, the disparity is relatively small at six percent. Syracuse has a disparity of 13.5%. These numbers do not necessarily mean that Hamilton and Syracuse are out of compliance, however. Remember that schools only have to provide equal amounts, quality, and suitability of equipment and supplies. This means that equipment budgets do not have to be the same for male and female athletes. If the disparity is due to more expensive equipment, such as football pads, helmets, and cleats versus shoes and sweats, then the schools can be in compliance with a disparity in their operating budget.
We know that this is not the case for Syracuse because their recruiting and scholarship money are not proportional to the male-female ratio. Hamilton does not offer athletic scholarships and does not publish other expenditures like the recruiting budgets, so it is unclear whether the disparity is equipment based.
In conclusion, Hamilton is in compliance. Syracuse will probably be in compliance for the short term because of the changes that it has made. Syracuse has to make a lot of changes in the near future, however, to reach compliance for more than a few years. Most Division I-A schools are in a similar position. In fact, most I-A schools have much worse inequities than Syracuse. Arkansas State, for example, has a female student percentage of 57, while only 22% of its athletes are female (Brady et. al, 1997, 4C). While not all small schools are free of Title IX trouble, larger Division I schools clearly have a lot more gender inequities in athletics.
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