According to a federal appeals court, competitive cheerleading is not a sport. The decision was made after a volleyball coach from Quinnipiac University sued the school for eliminating that team in order to add cheerleading, allowing the school to satisfy Title …
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Cheerleading Can’t Count as Sport for Title IX, Appeals Court Rules – Education Week News (blog)
The decision is “broadly applicable,” according to Neena Chaudhry, senior counsel at the National Women’s Law Center, meaning that K-12 schools also can’t count competitive cheer squads as varsity sports for the purposes of Title IX, the federal law which …
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Appeals court affirms that cheering is not a sport – The Associated Press
Several volleyball players and their coach had sued Quinnipiac University after it announced in March 2009 that it would eliminate the team for budgetary reasons and replace it with a competitive cheer squad. Underhill ordered the school to keep volleyball …
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Appeals court decides cheerleading no sport – Plainview Daily Herald
The cheer squad at Wayland currently competes in the National Cheerleading Association (NCA). The squad competed in Daytona, Fla., at NCA Nationals, where they placed fifth. Wayland officials did not immediately respond late Tuesday afternoon to a …
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Appeals court affirms that cheering is not a sport – NorthJersey.com
The school contended the cheer squad and other moves kept it in compliance with Title IX, the 1972 federal law that mandates equal opportunities for men and women in education and athletics. The appeals court agreed with U.S. District Judge Stefan …
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Federal Appeals Court Upholds Judgment against WV High School’s ‘Queen of … – TMC Net
She was also kicked off the cheerleading squad. Kowaslki has complained that the punishment has made her “isolated and depressed,” a fact that failed to move the appeals court…not to mention 99 percent of the country, very probably. …
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