Implementation and Initial Effects

Although Title IX was initially passed into law in 1972, it took multiple years for the law to really be ironed out and finished completely before schools became pressured to fully implement it. In 1975, Trinity University's Athletic Director was Pete Murphy. He said, with confidence about TU, that "[Trinity's] athletics are much more secure and stable... than many other universities around the nation" and that the impletmentation of Title IX would not be a difficult transition (Kluttz, 1975). However, the AD did go on to say that he thought it would take years and years for women to have equitable access to sports in the NCAA.

Additionally, the President of Trinity University at the time, Duncan Wimpress, was very verbal in his desires to comply with Title IX, even though many people at TU did not have confidence that he would follow through (Breedlove, 1976). Despite Wimpress and Murphy's confidence about the implementation of the law, it proved to take a little longer than expected to get TU up to Title IX standards.