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#87582 06/07/05 08:27 AM
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Posted on Tue, Jun. 07, 2005
Supreme Court rejects wrestlers’ Title IX appeal


The U.S. Supreme Court, in another ruling regarding Title IX protections, pinned wrestling coaches Monday when it refused to consider reinstating a lawsuit that accuses federal officials of discriminating against male athletes by enforcing equal opportunities for women.

The issue for the court was whether the wrestling coaches showed that the law directly caused a reduction in men’s sports and whether they should be allowed to sue federal officials.

A divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit had said the lawsuit should have been filed against individual colleges that eliminated men’s sports, not the government.

Title IX covers admissions, recruitment, course offerings, counseling, financial aid, student health and student housing as well as athletics.

The latest case involved claims that the government is forcing colleges to discriminate against male athletes because of a requirement that the ratio of male and female athletes be similar to the overall student population.

“If unchecked, the gender quota ... will continue to cause sweeping injustices and discrimination in colleges nationwide,” justices were told in a brief filed by the Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund.

It is the third time since March that the court has made a Title IX ruling. In March justices ruled 5-4 that a teacher or coach who claims sexual discrimination on behalf of others is protected from being fired.

Last month the justices told a lower court to reconsider whether Michigan high schools discriminated against female athletes by scheduling their basketball and volleyball seasons during nontraditional times of the year.

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/sports/11831785.htm


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I wish there was a way that Title IX or some other law could be used by wrestling to show that it is being discriminated against in comparison to other male sports. I believe the intent of Title IX was not to eliminate male sports but to create new opportunities for women. Unfortunately though the athletic departments have used it as an opportunity to drop some unprofitable male sports. In the process states like Kansas where wrestling ranked fifth in high school participation in the most recent study end up with 0% participants in their NCAA Division I schools. It sure seems like that is some form of discrimination in comparison to the male sports that it ranks ahead of in high school participants that have teams at our Kansas NCAA Division I schools.


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Sportsfan02 this is indeed awful news, especially when considering that many thought the court might hear this case. I hate to say it but the Title IX argument is starting to resemble legally the abortion issue. Both sides are set in their ways, generally unwilling to compromise any, (or at least it seems so on the supporters of Title IX), and the court is unwilling to touch the issue with a 10' pole. I am beginning to wonder myself if all of the effort to address the issues of Title IX are going to pay any dividends.

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Emerging Sports for Women

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Definition of an emerging sport:

An emerging sport is a sport recognized by the NCAA that is intended to provide additional athletics opportunities to female student-athletes.

Institutions are allowed to use emerging sports to help meet the NCAA minimum sports-sponsorship requirements and also to meet the NCAA's minimum financial aid awards.

Definition of a sport:

For purposes of reviewing emerging sports for women proposals, a sport shall be defined as an institutional activity involving physical exertion with the purpose of competition versus other teams or individuals within a collegiate competition structure. Furthermore, sport includes regularly scheduled team and/or individual, head-to-head competition (at least five) within a defined competitive season(s); and standardized rules with rating/scoring systems ratified by official regulatory agencies and governing bodies.

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Case loss pinned on wrestling
Supreme Court turns down appeal by coaches group in discrimination lawsuit

BY JOHN O'CONNOR
TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER Jun 7, 2005

College wrestling yesterday was a loser by decision at the Supreme Court.

Justices rejected an appeal from the National Wrestling Coaches Association and other groups that have fought federal policies under Title IX, a law that prohibits sex discrimination in educational programs receiving federal aid. The Court refused to consider reinstating a lawsuit that accuses federal officials of discriminating against male athletes to create equal opportunities for women athletes.

"I think we're resigned to the fact that we're not going to win too many of these, if we win any," said John Trudgeon, VMI's wrestling coach for two decades and one of six National Wrestling Coaches Association Division I Collegiate Board members.

The number of wrestling teams at NCAA schools during the past 20 years dropped from 363 to 222, according to the NCAA. Title IX often has been blamed.

"I would say being even able to use Title IX as an excuse [for elimination of opportunities in other sports] is illegal. It is discrimination," said Tom Brands, Virginia Tech's wrestling coach and a member of the National Wrestling Coaches Association. "There are other ways to become compliant."

Brands recognizes Title IX as "very beneficial." He advocates athletic budget increases that would support a full complement of men's and women's sports, a common goal among those who back sports adversely affected by Title IX.

"I know that the problem is money," Brands said. "But there have to be ways to do it."

Trudgeon, a wrestler at William and Mary before his alma mater eliminated the sport, also supports Title IX. But without increased budgets, says Trudgeon, athletic administrators are involved in what he calls a "quota system" that he believes is unfair.

"I'm of the opinion that, when it comes down to it, there are more young men interested in competing athletically than there are young ladies that are interested in competing athletically," Trudgeon said.

Trudgeon noted that fewer college wrestling programs have been dropped in the past few years following a period of heavy elimination. Most collegiate wrestling programs and many other Olympic male sports programs now are strongly supported by private funds raised to counter school cutbacks made in response to Title IX.

Trudgeon believes greater public awareness of Title IX's ramifications is key. Brands, a 1996 Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling, added, "I think that what we do is just keep fighting."

Contact John O'Connor at (804) 649-6233 or joconnor@timesdispatch.com.

The Associated Press contributed to this story.


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That is a good article, Richard. The statement from the article that you made bold print is something that I have been sensing as true the more we have been getting into this. Unfortunately, it may be true that for us to realize a NCAA Division I Men and Women's Wrestling Team in Kansas we might very well have to accomplish it thru private funding. I think there are some other sports that do not make money and they do not have to do this. I think that is unfair to wrestling but it may be the reality that we ultimately will have to confront.

When Brands say that there have got to be some ways around the money problem, I think the NCAA maybe needs to put some limitations on some of the excesses that develop in the money making sports. For instance, I believe that KU's basketball coach makes about $1.1 million a year. If they had a limitation on how much a coach could make let's say $500,000 including perks like country club memberships and outside contracts (that would be a pretty decent living and is really probably too high itself), you could take the difference $600,000 and probably fund a men and women's wrestling team. I bet there are a lot of other things that the NCAA could put some limitations on all their schools. If everyone had the same limitations then they would all be on a fairly equal playing field. I agree with Brands that collegiate athletic budgets should be designed to support a full complement of men and women athltetic programs. I think it is getting ridiculous that some State university teams are almost becoming minor league professional teams for basketball and football and at the same time the universities are slicing the Olympic other sport teams from their athletic programs.

I guess you can't expect the NCAA to actually try to limit their money makers. I doubt they actually have that much power over basketball and football spending. As in most things money probably controls most of the power.


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