Court Declines to Return Serve, Squashes Plaintiffs’ Preliminary Injunction

By Jonathan Wynne On May 28, 2020, Brown University announced the transition of 11 varsity sports teams to club status.  An internal program called the Excellence Initiative to Reshape Athletics at Brown had been commissioned to improve the University’s competitiveness and improve the student-athlete experience at Brown.  The men’s and women’s varsity squash teams found themselves relegated to club status, and that decision triggered a lawsuit by student-athletes, which examin