A federal judge has ruled that Quinnipiac University violated Title IX when they tried to eliminate the women's volleyball team.
U.S. District Judge Stefan Underhill ruled competitive cheerleading is not an official sport as a way for a school to meet gender-equity requirements. Underhill said competitive cheerleading is too underdeveloped.
The HQ would beg to differ in some states. We don't know about Connecticut...
The ruling comes from a lawsuit filed by the volleyball team at Quinnipiac University. The players sued after the school announced that it would eliminate the team for budgetary reasons, then replaced volleyball with a competitive cheer squad to stay in compliance.
Quinnipiac has 60 days to come up with a plan...
"The University naturally is disappointed that the court has disallowed competitive cheer as a varsity sport," said Lynn Bushnell, vice president for public affairs, Quinnipiac University. "We will continue to press for competitive cheer to become an officially recognized varsity sport in the future. Consistent with our long-standing plans to expand opportunities in women's athletics, the University intends to add women's rugby as a varsity sport."
Here's the ruling...
Bob Wilson got to explain what's going on at the time of the temporary injunction...
((HT: WTNH-TV New Haven))
The HQ thinks QU is in trouble...
More when we know more...
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