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Playing Tennis Before Title IX By Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance. Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 enacted into law June 23, 1972 I was playing tennis with someone recently who asked if I had played when I was growing up. I replied…