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Court vetoes 'opposite season' sports for Michigan girls to convenience boys' teams.(Newswatch)
After years of playing basketball in fall, volleyball in winter and soccer in spring, high school girls in Michigan will finally get to play these and other sports in their traditional seasons.
In July the Sixth Circuit federal court of appeals upheld a ruling that the Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) violated the Equal Protection clause of the 14th Amendment by forcing the girls to play in odd seasons.
By playing in nontraditional seasons, Michigan girls missed opportunities for college recruitment and scholarships, chances to play in tournaments and national rankings. "When girls are treated unequally as compared to boys, girls receive the psychological message that they are 'second-class' or that their athletic role is of less value than that of boys," the court wrote.
MHSAA argued that "The scheduling decisions were designed to maximize girls' and boys' participation in athletics, which it does by creating optimal use of existing facilities, officials and coaches, thereby permitting more teams in a sport or more spots on a team."
Communities for Equity, an organization of high school athletes and their parents that advocates for Title IX compliance and gender equity in athletics, brought the class action suit against MHSAA under the 14th Amendment and Title IX, the federal law ...
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