The Chronicle of Higher Education

Wrestling Coaches Sue Education Department Over Title IX Enforcement

By CHRISTOPHER FLORES

Washington

The National Wrestling Coaches Association and several other groups are suing the U.S. Department of Education over how it enforces a federal sex-discrimination law in athletics. The groups argue that Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 has been applied in a way that hurts men's sports teams, a charge that advocates...

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