Originally Posted by matclone  That's always been my impression. It's the three prong test (an interpretation of the law), with only one prong (the gender ratio) considered "safe" by schools. |
That's pretty much it in a nutshell, all roads ultimately lead to the gender quota as the final safe harbor.
Add a new women's team and you may be okay for 5 years and there is a physical and financial limit on how many teams a school can add. None of the courts have accepted any of the measures of interest and the advocacy groups were up in arms when the OCR approved a method of surveying interest. That only leaves the gender quota.
Of course Congress never approved the three prong test. And the OCR, at least under Norma Cantu, made compliance with the gender quota an ever decreasing target. We stay within 1% of the campus gender ratio at Maryland, and we're fairly fortunate that we are close to 50:50 in enrollment. There are a number of schools that, if the OCR becomes more active in going after them, will have problems meeting the quota.
goferphan: Participants AND scholarships fall under the gender quota. Nearly every Division I wrestling team in the country has to cut walk-ons. The question is how THAT creates opportunities for anyone?