PiPress: Gophers target of federal gender equity complaint due to new facility

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per the Pioneer Press:

The University of Minnesota's athletics department is the target of a gender equity complaint filed through the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights, athletics director Norwood Teague said in an email sent to student-athletes.

According to several sources, the complaint is related to the U's Athletes Village project, specifically about a football "performance center" that will displace the men's and women's track and field teams.

A spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Education said the Office of Civil Rights has "two Title IX investigations open at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. One involves sexual harassment and the other involves athletics."

In his email, Teague says the U has received a letter from the Office for Civil Rights informing the school of a complaint that "alleges discrimination in intercollegiate athletics on the basis of gender."

http://www.twincities.com/sports/ci...rce=rss&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Go Gophers!!
 

Solution: Eliminate men's and women's track. How can there be a gender equity issue if both men's and women's track are being "displaced"?
 

Does Wisconsin have Women's softball, but no Men's baseball?
 

Does anyone think that Alabama or Tennessee had to go through this when they added on to their facilities?
 

Only in Minnesota.

When will Mark Dayton chime in, and on which side?
 



The Ghost of Chris Voltz?

Will common sense ever prevail?
 






bga1 said:
Solution: Eliminate men's and women's track. How can there be a gender equity issue if both men's and women's track are being "displaced"?
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Sorry to say it, but +1.
 

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