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Wrestler's suit against title IX dismissed. (Newswatch).(Brief Article)

Women in Higher Education

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A U.S. district court has dismissed a lawsuit by the National Wrestling Coaches Association and others claiming rules enforcing Title IX discriminate against male athletes.

Judge Emmet C. Sullivan in June ruled that changing the rules would not necessarily bring back the men's sports that are being cut, nor did the wrestling coaches and others have suitable legal standing to bring the lawsuit. He said a "multiplicity of factors" affect schools' decisions to cut sports, and Title IX is just one of them.

Filed in January 2002, the lawsuit was seen as another challenge to gender equity in sport. In fact, it was a factor in U.S. Education Secretary Rod Paige ...

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