Arizona State University (ASU) is expected to add a Division 1 men's soccer team. ASU's most competitive soccer team is currently a club team . There is only one reason ASU doesn't have a men's soccer association and that's because they have to comply with the Title IX ruling. Before Title IX became a rule, gender mattered more than your performance in sports. This means that even if you were a top athlete but you were a woman, you would most likely be sitting in the stands watching. Why would ASU have more women's athletics competing in Division 1 than men's if Title IX was supposed to ensure equality for all? This is because the men's soccer team and basketball team have so many participants that they have to take away the other men's athletics or add more women's athletics to have the same number of total athletic participants. Both of these options work, but ASU decides not to have a men's Division 1 soccer team because it doesn't want to spend the extra money to also add another women's sport. Wulf included a quote from Bunny Sandler when he says Title IX was “the most important step for gender equality since the 19th Amendment.” In 1972, Title IX became law with the signature of President Richard Nixon (Bryjak). George J. Bryjak explains how the NCAA fought for the Tower Amendment that would have excluded football and men's basketball from Title IX coverage. Bryjak said they would do this because basketball and football both have many participants; especially soccer because there is no women's soccer team and the men's team averages over 125 players, which causes Title IX to eliminate other men's sports. This is because none of the women's sports incorporate so many participants in the same sport on a global level. For football to be added to ASU's athletic roster, women's rugby would as well. This is because ASU must comply with the Title IX ruling that men's and women's athletics must have the same number of participants. Works Cited Bryjak, George J. “The Ongoing Controversy Over Title IX.” USA Today Magazine 129.2662 (2000): 62. Premier academic research. Network. October 30, 2013.Infante, John “Which Pac12 School Should Start a Men's Soccer Team?” College Sports Scholarships. January 10, 2013. Web. October 30, 2013. McAndrews, Patrick J. “Keeping Score: How Universities Can Comply with Title IX Without Eliminating Men's Collegiate Athletic Programs.” Brigham Young University Education & Law Journal 1 (2012): 111-140. Premier of academic research. Network. October 29, 2013. Wulf, Steve “Title IX: 37 That Changed Everything.” ESPN. October 30th. 2013