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A federal appeals court ruled that colleges cannot count competitive cheerleading as a sport when trying to comply with gender-equity requirements, upholding a United States District Court decision against Quinnipiac University. In a decision released Tuesday, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit found that competitive cheerleading does not yet meet the standards of a varsity sport under Title IX, the 1972 federal law that mandates equal opportunities for men and women in education and athletics.
The ruling came on an appeal filed by Quinnipiac, which had been successfully sued by its volleyball coach after it tried to eliminate the women’s volleyball program in favor of competitive cheering. Quinnipiac did not indicate whether it would appeal the latest decision to the United States Supreme Court.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS and ZACH SCHONBRUN
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