Title IX of federal civil rights law was passed in 1972, changing women’s access to sports. The law protects people from discrimination based on sex, in education programs and activities that receive federal financial assistance.

UMRA will celebrate that change by attending one or more Gopher women's sports events this year. 

Believe it or not, the University of Minnesota did not have an official intercollegiate woman’s athletics program (swimming and diving) until 1971. And the Big Ten Conference did not open the door to women’s intercollegiate programs until 1981. Times have changed and it’s worth celebrating.

Our first event will be a women’s basketball game sometime this fall. Their 2022–23 schedule has been announced, but tickets were not yet available as of this writing. UMRA will notify its members as soon as the details are known.

— Will Craig, UMRA Social Activities Committee member