The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to consider how strictly to interpret the landmark Title IX civil rights law's protections for gender equality in college sports in a lawsuit challenging Michigan State University's elimination of its women's swimming and diving team.
The high court rejected the university's appeal of a lower-court ruling in favor of former members of the team who say MSU violated Title IX by not providing enough opportunities for women athletes to participate in sports.
MSU in a statement said it was "disappointed" but accepted the court's decision and would now focus on trial court proceedings. Eleven women student-athletes sued to force MSU to reinstate the women's team, but a judge rejected that request, saying the gap in participation rates between genders created by cutting the team was too small to violate Title IX. She said no court had ever held a gap of less than 2% violated the law.
The 6th Circuit sent the case back to U.S. District Judge Hala Jarbou, who in August partially sided with the students by ordering MSU to submit a plan to come into compliance with Title IX while declining ahead of a trial to force it to reinstate the team.
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