Alexa Taylor Source 4

Step 1:
A) Staurowsky, Ellen J., et al. "Revisiting James Madison University: A Case Analysis Of Program Restructuring Following So Called 'Title IX' Cuts." Journal Of Intercollegiate Sport 6.1 (2013): 96-119. SPORTDiscus with Full Text. Web. 15 Oct. 2016.

B) How has Title IX discriminated against males? Why do colleges still defy Title IX even though their funding gets cut because of it?

C) Before: I think I read about the James Madison University case in one of my previous journals. However,  this will be helpful to my topic because it will analyze how and if changes are made after it becomes publicized that a university is not complying with Title IX. It will be interesting to see whether the univeristy changed their previous ways and why they decided to not comply with Title IX in the first place.
During: Focusing on what happens after cuts are made, which not a lot of articles do. Most articles focus on the actual cuts.

Step 2:
Their analysis was partly true, but it was found to be misleading and narrow. After the cuts, the university failed to become compliant in terms of participation opporunities and number of athletes. There is a 4% gap between men and women's participation, which would allow for 24 more females to participate, which is an entire team. However, there were 85 losses of playing opportunities for males vs 31 for females. Females recieved more than their representation in scholarship money. However, female coaches made an average of 36% less than male coaches. When programs are cut, they don't disappear entirely, rather they are changed to a club form of the sport.
This article was surprising in that it debunked many misconceptions I originally had. I thought that when a sport was cut, it was completely slashed, however, as mentioned above, they are just demoted from varsity to club level. The whole JMU case seems misleading from the beginning. Everyone was up in arms because there were less men competing, but there were also less women. This could have stemmed from anything, especially a lower class size. This article seemed to suggest that the university's main focus is the football team, which is just like many other colleges across America. College football plays a big part in revenue, so naturally colleges will do whatever they can to profit off of it. 
This article synthesizes well with my second source, because they both take into consideration the impact that college football has on Title IX. It also synthesizes well with my first source because it dealt with the impact of Title IX cuts on males specifically. 
It is important to really analyze what I'm reading because many times, headlines are misleading. There are many articles that talk about how detrimental Title IX is to men's sports, but as this article points out, females still seem to have the lesser side. Going forward, I am going to find out about the importance of Title IX.