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After seven months, $700,000 and six meetings, the hand-picked group of 15 leaders called the Commission on Opportunities in Athletics did just what critics expected: recommend weakening the 30-year-old civil rights law that has given women a more level playing field.
But to his credit, Rod Paige, secretary of the Department of Education, swiftly and surprisingly said he would not consider many of the controversial changes the panel suggested. Within hours of receiving the report, he issued a statement saying he would consider only those 15 of the 23 that were unanimous: "This report includes several recommendations unanimously agreed to by all of the ...