In 1973 Allan Bakke, a 33 year-old Caucasian male named applied for admission to the University Of California Medical School at Davis; his application was rejected.
 
In 1974 Bakke filed a further application and was  again denied admission, even though his test scores and grades were considerably higher than various minorities that were granted admission under a special program. This special program stated that sixteen out of each one hundred possible places for students in the medical program were set aside solely for minorities, while the other eighty four places were for anyone who qualified, including minorities. Bakke believed that he would surely have received one of those sixteen places. What happened to Bakke was in fact reverse discrimination. Bakke believed that his rejections were in direct violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th amendment, as a consequence he initiated action against the  University of California Regents in the Superior Court of California. That court ruled that "the admissions program violated his rights under the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment" The clause reads as follows: "...No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor without due process of the law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
In 1972 an amendment was passed in the US Constitution, granting equal rights in colleges. Title IX, as it is referred to, reads:
“No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, or denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any educational program or activity receiving federal assistance” (Title IX: Facts and Myths).
At this point in history, college sports for males began to change. More drastically, the change has come in the last ten years.
 

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 The title also requires schools to treat men and women equally when it comes to scholarships, coaches, facilities, and equipment (What is Title IX?). When Title IX was introduced, it was intended to make men and women equals. Title IX is agreeable on paper.  In other words, when it is written out on paper, the ideas of Title IX are equal and contain unlimited opportunity for both men and women to succeed in college athletics. However, the unlimited opportunity has so far sided with women. While it is essential to bring women up to speed with men, it is unacceptable to reduce the number of male participants to achieve equality.