Male Athlete’s Bid to Join Female Team Fails in Appeals Court

A Wisconsin state appeals court has affirmed a lower court’s ruling effectively dismissing the claim of a male student athlete, who had argued that the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and Title IX of the federal Education Amendments of 20 U.S.C. § 1681 (1972) (Title IX) when it did not let him participate on the Stevens Points Area Senior High School girls gymnastics team.   Central t