And unlike in women's gymnastics, the club program system is not yet capable of providing enough quality international athletes.

But most physicians are urging a broader definition, one that also includes providing athletes with medical expertise on conditioning and nutrition.

Graham has said he never provided athletes with performance-enhancing drugs.

Title IX, a 1972 law, requires that colleges provide female athletes with equal access to sports.

I can't help feeling that they're missing something, that the abstractions of jazz could provide young athletes with a more refined creative instinct.

Adopt-a-Dino is a university initiative to provide athletes with monetary assistance by allowing participating members to "adopt" an athlete.

"We've stopped looking at it as a uniform, but as providing athletes with athletic fashion," she said.

Take for example the long overdue idea of providing athletes with monthly stipends.

Every two years, the Olympics and its media exposure provide unknown athletes with the chance to attain national, and sometimes international fame.

The Act also provides athletes with due process and appeal rights concerning eligibility disputes.