Title IX expert Nancy Hogshead-Makar knew what she was talking about when she said:

"In the past," noted Hogshead-Makar, "when women complained about pay or how their female athletes were being treated, they were really close to being fired. Whereas now they have this call for agitation against retaliation, so actually they have more job protection if they complain than if they don't."

Just look over at the Title IX blog, They've found another retaliation case (Robin Potera-Haskins v. Montana State University) adding to a growing list. Notes Erin,

...it helps illustrate the trend of Title IX retaliation cases we have seen in the wake of Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education, the 2005 Supreme Court decision affirming that Title IX also protects coaches (and others) who complain about inequitable treatment of women's sports. Potera-Haskins is another member of the "team" of female coaches and athletic department administrators who have brought retaliation cases against their colleges or universities -- a list that includes Eve Atkinson (Lafayette College - A.D.), Lindy Vivas (Fresno - Volleyball), Karen Moe Humphreys (Asst. AD and Cal Berkley- Swimming), Diane Milutinovich (Fresno State Athletic Admin.), Stacy Johnson-Klein (Fresno State - Basketball), Laura Wartluft (Feather River College, CA, staff member), Terri Patraw (University of Nevada-Reno - Soccer), Deena Deardurff Schmidt, (San Diego State - Diving and Swimming), and Jaye Flood (Florida Gulf Coast University - Volleyball).

Getting back to Olympian Hogshead-Makar, I highly recommend reading her 2002 letter to 60 Minutes in response to their piece on Title IX. Her opening salvo:

Dear Cathy Olian, Bob Simon and "60 Minutes,"

Your one-sided segment on Title IX merits a gold medal for shoddy journalism. It not only misled your viewers by incorrectly stating the law in this area, but by also blatantly excluding obvious and important counter-arguments and data—which I gave you in droves in my two-hour on-camera interview, numerous phone conversations with your producers and supporting documentation—refuting the shallow claims of the wrestlers and their coach that Title IX is "quota" law that hurts men's sports. Your report card from this professor: "F" for inaccurate news reporting that cavalierly ignored the facts.