Women's Hoops Blog

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Tuesday, May 12, 2009

You'd think athletic departments that wanted to violate Title IX would be... well... not such dumb shits.

Notes the Title IX blog re: the evidence presented in the case for injunction to prevent Quinnipiac University from eliminating the women' s volleyball team.

Coach Robin Sparks testified yesterday that the athletic department had engaged in some doctoring of team rosters in an attempt to make their participation numbers seem more equitable. She claims that some men's teams cut players days before the start of the season and then reinstates them a few days after the season has begun. First day numbers are the ones reported for public information.

She would not say which teams engaged in this practice and the athletic department would not comment on the allegations. If she is right, though, it should not be too difficult to prove: look at the numbers QU reports and then look at other things like game programs that list players, or how many student-athletes need hotel rooms for away games, or plane tickets, etc.