The school wanted to replace the sport with competitive cheerleading to stay in compliance with the 972 federal law that mandates equal opportunities for men and women in athletics. However, several issues drew some red flags when presented in court. It turns out that the university forced an appearance of compliance with Title IX by manipulated its roster sizes. It was a way the university thought of creating equal roster sizes for competitions by eliminating certain sport programs. Overview, the school was oversized in roster spots to such a degree making way for competitive cheerleading to equal out the amount. The courts ruled that competitive cheerleading wasnt an official sport looking to meet the Title IX gender-equity requirements. They also mentioned how underdeveloped the cheerleading team was and issued to the school that it maintains its volleyball program for the 200-20 season.
The second Title IX issue Quinnipiac University faced occurred in 206-207. Claims made by an anonymous student began to surface about an individual physically being violent towards two ex-girlfriends. This claim was investigate
d for a potential violation of Title IX of the Education Amendments 972. The accuser was known as John Doe, who was unfairly presented because of the university not providing him with details that was collected during the investigation. In response to the two ex-girlfriends, Does girlfriend at the time reported to campus officials about the two arguing to a point where they had to end their relationship. In her report, she stated about John Doe being physically abusive. In other words, she mentioned about John DoeÂ’s ex-girlfriend had warned her about his misbehavior. The university ended up investigating his ex-girlfriend and gathering her side of the story to find an answer to his abusive behavior. After investigators met with Does witnesses, he felt like he was treated unfairly. The witnesses were giving statements before him therefore giving them time to prepare statements. He also claimed the investigators were being biased in the Title IX hearing. Doe was unsatisfied and sued asking for a restraining order. This is was around the time the courts were setting up a second hearing. Unfortunately, he was denied.