Female Discrimination in Intercollegiate Sports Throughout the history of mankind, there is evidence that women were excluded from almost everything, including sports. For example, in Greece there is evidence in the form of paintings and sculptures indicating that only men could play sports. Women were absent from these images because they were "unable" to play sports. Females were considered too fragile to play, too weak to resist the challenge; their definition of a woman was a “stay-at-home wife.” They could not imagine women wrestling, fighting, or participating in other sports because of their idea of ​​“women” as weak. This “image” of women as incapable of playing sports was maintained through the centuries until the twentieth century, when the “Revolution” began to bring equality to women. Furthermore, this “image” had negative effects on the lives of women, especially female athletes, who were not welcome in sport because sport was only for men. Because women were not wanted, colleges and universities tried not to accept female athletes and did not grant scholarships for women's athletics. The result has been a decline in women's participation in sport. Women have finally had enough of being treated as less than males and receiving smaller funds for athletic scholarships. Around the 1950s, women began to protest this unequal treatment in education, sports, and scholarship programs. They had to fight hard for attention. In 1972 they were finally heard. Congress had enacted a new law, in addition to the Educational Amendment Act, called Title IX. “Title IX of the Educational Amendment Act of 1972 prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in any educational program receiving federal financial assistance” (Kovacs 36). It states: No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any educational program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance. (Title IX and Sex Discrimination) “Athletics are considered an integral part of an institution's educational program and are therefore covered by this law” (Equal Opportunity in Intercollegiate Athletics). Colleges and universities are required to provide scholarship opportunities to both genders. These scholarships must be distributed proportionally to the rate of each sex. This does not mean that the number or amount of scholarships must be the same. However, the total amount must be substantially proportionate to the participation rates in sports programs.