Key Holding Centers Around Number of Times Student-Athletes Are ‘Counted’

By Brian​ G. Nuedling, of Jackson Lewis P.C. (Editor’s Note: The following appeared in Title IX Alert, a periodical produced by Hackney Publications.) Whether financial aid has been fairly allocated to men’s and women’s sports must be measured using data that counts the student-athletes only once. That was the holding of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California in a case alleging a financial aid imbalance at Fresno State University. FACTUAL BACKGRO