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Title IX: Some violations tough to prove in college sports
Title IX: Some violations tough to prove in college sportsCases here also can be hard to prove: They often involve figuring out whether schools are manipulating roster numbers, and the general dearth of Title IX case law can lead to different interpretations by judges. Reynolds said athletic departments may have looked at the cuts from a purely financial angle “without thinking about the bigger repercussions – and that’s Title IX, because you can’t make those kinds of haste decisions in athletic departments like you could perhaps in other areas.” So when threatened with lawsuits, some schools reinstated. sports, like William and Mary did for women’s GYMNASTICS, swimming and volleyball, and Dartmouth did with swimming, diving and golf for men and women as well as men’s lightweight rowing. Other schools settled lawsuits, like UConn. Its women’s rowing team won a temporary restraining order after alleging civil rights violations. In the case, UConn was accused of putting inflated women’s rowing roster numbers (about 20 more than would compete) on its EADA report. Other allegations were investigated by and settled with the U.S. Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights. Western Illinois settled in February after suspending and then cutting its men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams in 2020; the school also is required by the agreement to make coaching salaries and recruiting expenditures more equal. The fight continues for other teams: Members of the MICHIGAN STATE women’s swimming and diving team earlier this year had their lawsuit reinstated, and the same happened in July 2021 for members of the Fresno State women’s lacrosse team. These recent cases and investigations rely on what’s known as the three-prong test, which says schools are in compliance if they meet one of three: There are “substantially proportionate” participation opportunities based on full-time undergrad enrollment; the school can show a “history and continuing practice of program expansion” when one sex has been or still is underrepresented in athletics;
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