A Question of Fairness Comes into Play in Title IX Case Involving West Virginia Secondary Schools Activities Commission

By Brian Nuedling, of Jackson Lewis (Editor’s Note: The following appears in Title IX Alert, a sister periodical of Hackney Publications. More content related to Title IX can be viewed there.) At its most basic level, Title IX is about fairness. The principle that opportunities will be offered equally, that money will be spent evenly, and that the competition will occur on the playing fields, rather than in the athletic department, is the ultimate goal in what is certainly a more nuanced