What does the phrase "country club muckety mucks" (Paragraph 9) convey about the

author's view of the people who created dress codes banning shorts?

She views them as snobbish.

Explanation:

"Serena Williams' Catsuit Controversy Evokes The Battle Over Women Wearing Shorts" is an article written by Deirdre Clemente. The article speaks about the controversy over wearing shorts by women in sports. The author through many instances exemplifies that many people in history and present have stood to demoralize women in many ways, but women, in sports time and again, has managed to shine, regardless of disapproval by people.

The author includes the phrase 'country club muckety mucks' in Paragraph 9 to convey that the people who ban shorts or create dress code for women athletes are snobbish. The phrase 'muckety muck' refers to a person who is important and arrogant, a person of self-importance.

Thus the correct answer is that the author viewed these people as snobbish (or arrogant).