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August 21, 2008
Court Refuses to Block Team Cuts at James Madison U.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit refused on Wednesday to block James Madison University’s plan to cut 10 athletics teams to meet gender-equity requirements under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.
The group Equity in Athletics filed a lawsuit in 2007, charging that the university’s plan intentionally discriminated by eliminating seven men’s teams and just three women’s teams.
The group had sought to block the cuts while its lawsuit proceeded, but the three-judge appeals panel upheld a federal district-court decision not to do so because the group had failed to show that it had a strong chance of winning its suit. —Eric Kelderman
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Title IX is no a gender equity statute. It is a non-discrimination statute a point which the CHE has never been able to understand.
— Heartland Aug 21, 02:41 PM #
Real equality would be to do away with “mens” and “womens” teams and just have every sport coed, but somehow I doubt Equity in Athletics would like that.
— Smith Aug 21, 03:43 PM #
Equity has so many different measures. Isn’t the test here that women athletic scholarships reflect the number of women who attend the university? Since JMU is over 60 percent female, it has to drop men’s sports or increase women’s sports. As colleges turn increasing female, this will continue to grow. Could we soon see the day where boys want to go to colleges that are at least 1/2 boys, so they can attend male team sporting events? Poor JMU can’t control (legally) the male/female ratio.
— dr Aug 21, 03:55 PM #
It is a shame to deprive any student, male or female, of athletic opportunities. Surely there is a better way to do this.
— Armando Aug 21, 04:27 PM #
Let’s face it. JMU is not the first, will not be the last, to sacrifice its “minor” sports for the sake of the grid iron.
— davidk Aug 21, 04:37 PM #
How about discontinuing all public funding for all intercollegiate athletics and putting it back into the classroom where it belongs?
— Carl Aug 21, 05:22 PM #
For #6, most large universities receive no public funds for athletics. And football pays for minor sports – male and female. As a swimmer in college, I was taught to appreciate football.
— Worth Aug 21, 06:41 PM #
To #7: What do you think student athletic fees are? Most universities collect these and some to a staggering degree. When this isn’t enough to cover athletic deficits, some schools will dip into general funds. Furthermore, why should revenue generated from the sweat of football players be used to prop up other sports? Companies eventually tire of subsidiaries that lose money and can’t support themselves by selling them off. The commercialization of college sports dictates that universities do away with non-revenue producing sports. Those athletes should hold more car washes or sell magazine subscriptions.
— George Aug 21, 08:15 PM #
Forgive my obtuseness. I thought the primary purpose of attending college was to further one’s education. I suppose it would be really foolish to suggest that ALL college “professional” athletics of any type be eliminated and replaced by intramural contests-Dorm A vs Dorm B, etc. Sure would solve the problem but it would put a lot of people out of work. I know, silly of me to introduce something sensible into the discussion. Back to my Dante.
— James Madison Aug 21, 08:39 PM #
This country is OVERWEIGHT. Anyone who wants to burn calories should be allowed to do so.
— Tony P Aug 21, 09:55 PM #
6 and 9 – could not agree more. I thought our mission was primarily about education. How naive of me.
— Hooligan Aug 22, 07:42 AM #
It’s sad to see what’s going on in collegiate athletics. I like football but the 85 scholarships, and 100 player plus rosters are going to kill the men’s minor sports so long as they use gender equity to run athletic departments. I was lucky to have competed in collegiate wrestling back in the 80’s. My team got the axe in 1987, my senior year.
— Brian Aug 25, 09:04 PM #