Eighth Circuit Decides Whether ‘Would-Be’ Student-Athletes Can Sue Under Title IX

By Gary Chester, Senior Writer Are students who allege that a university violated Title IX for eliminating a sports program required to attend the school in order to have standing to sue, or is their intention to enroll sufficient? In closing the door to the penalty box for two women hockey players and opening it for two others, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth District settled this issue in Becker v. The North Dakota University System, 2024 U.S. App. LEXIS 20433 (August 14, 2024).