Title IX Celebration  June 21, 2012  Video will appear here.
We're doing this in celebration and recognition of Title IX and
its 40th anniversary. It is an incredible day that we are
celebrating here in our country because it really shows how far
our country has come as a nation that's always striving to
become a more perfect union.  I'm delighted that the younger
women in this room don't know a pre-Title IX world, because it
was very different and it really did restrict the opportunity of
way too many women and girls. I'm proud to now lead the
department that actually, was the initial host of this wonderful
change.  To see three million young girls playing high school
sports now, 10 times as much, six times as many young women
playing at the collegiate level. It's just absolutely staggering
the progress we've made. Thanks so much for coming out and let's
have some fun. Let's play ball.    I played basketball in high
school and some in college and I remember in high school there
was only a boys' team. Now