Under Title IX, to achieve gender parity between men's and women's sports, universities and
colleges have to meet one of three different requirements: 1) equity in participation opportunities for both men and women; 2) scholarships offered proportionally based
on the number of male and female athletes; and 3) comparable overall treatment of women's and men's sports (including but not
limited to quality and maintenance of locker rooms and facilities, equipment and supplies, access to practice fields, publicity of teams and events, the quality of coaching, academic tutoring, traveling
budgets, etc.).
Fripps has access to good medical care through Community Veterinary Services at Mississippi State University, but
college students
on a
limited budget must consider how they will pay for routine veterinary care.