The headlines are replete with allegations of sexual assault perpetrated by college athletes on fellow students. The alleged perpetrators include recent Super Bowl MVP Peyton Manning, during his time at the University of Tennessee; Heisman Trophy winner Jameis Winston, during his time at Florida State; the captain of this year’s Ivy League champion Yale basketball team; a student athlete at Stanford; and members of the Baylor University football team, to name just a few.
Although the media focuses on athlete-assailants, the epidemic of peer-on-peer sexual assault on campus does not discriminate. A recent MIT study confirms that nearly 20 percent of students report having been victims of sexual assault.1 This article examines remedies available to victims of sexual assault on campus under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, 20 U.S.C. §§1681, et seq. (Title IX).
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