Sunday OTL looks at Title 9 (IX) and Portland picking #1 in the NBA draft

Sunday's Outside the Lines will air on Sunday June 24, 2007 at 930am ET/ 630am PT on ESPN.

Billboards reading, "Honk once for Oden. Honk twice for Durant," illustrate the latest buzz and debate in Portland. With only a 5.3% chance, the ping pong balls bounced Portland's way last month at the NBA draft lottery, giving them the No. 1 draft pick. Now, the team commonly referred to as the "Jail Blazers," for their spate of bad behavior in the past decade, is looking for a chance to return to the glory days of 1977 when Coach Jack Ramsay, Bill Walton and Maurice Lucas won the city its first NBA championship. General Manager Kevin Pritchard is preparing to make arguably the most important decision in franchise history, Kevin Durant or Greg Oden? There is concern that history doesn't repeat itself, because in 1984, Portland took Sam Bowie with the number two pick, leaving Michael Jordan behind. Sunday on Outside the Lines, Mark Schwarz reports on the decision surrounding the number pick, and the rekindled spirit of the Portland faithful. Also on the show, NCAA President Myles Brand calls it an expenditure race in college athletics. Thirty-five years ago this weekend, Title IX, the watershed civil rights legislation aimed at gender equity in education and sports, was signed into law. While there's no denying the effect Title IX has had on increased participation for female athletes, the question many have is, at what cost? Schools have often dropped smaller men's programs in order to comply. But now Brand, among others, says schools are using Title IX as a scapegoat when they have other financial and philosophical reasons to make athletic department cuts. Outside the Lines' Steve Delsohn examines the law and how it's impacting athletic departments 35 years later. Bob Ley hosts.

Guests include: Jerome Kersey, played 11 seasons with the Trail Blazers (1984-95)

For a video preview of the Trailblazers story, click http://sports.espn.go.com/broadband/ivp/index?id=2913266

For a video preview of the Paying the Price story, click http://sports.espn.go.com/broadband/ivp/index?id=2911775

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