James Madison Ties Cutbacks to Title IX

Dozens of schools have shuttered men’s sports programs in recent years, citing financial reasons.   Then there’s James Madison University.   In late September, the school announced that it was cutting ten sports, not because it could no longer afford them, but because Title IX made them do it. Rarely has an institution of higher learning been so brazen as to bash the gender equity law.   But there was JMU President Linwood Rose at a press conference, making his argument.