NWCA’s Assault on Title IX Is Pinned in Appeals Court

The D.C. Circuit for the U.S. Court of Appeals has denied the appeal of the National Wrestling Coaches Association and other plaintiffs, who had alleged that Title IX and subsequent interpretations of the gender equity law had led to the shuttering of men’s sports programs throughout the nation.   In a split decision, the panel of judges concluded that the plaintiffs had failed to show that the defendant Department of Education through its interpretation of Title IX was directly responsib