#GAReads | Brown University Demoted Women's Teams, Now Must Explain
“Brown University Demoted Women's Teams, Now Must Explain“:
The Ivy League school in May announced plans to change the teams’ status from varsity to club, along with six men’s teams, to spend more money on other sports. After a backlash, Brown reinstated three of the men’s teams -- cross country and indoor and outdoor track and field.
That threw it out of compliance with a gender standard in a 1998 settlement it reached with a group of female athletes, according to Public Justice and the American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island. In June, the plaintiffs asked a federal court in Providence to enforce the pact. The judge then called for the documents.