Saturday, April 07, 2007

JMU = Defendant

Following up on earlier post here to note that, indeed, Equity in Athletics has added James Madison University as a defendant in its lawsuit challenging the school's decision to cut ten sports teams. EIA had given JMU an ultimatum: postpone the cuts or defend a lawsuit. I think JMU was wise to choose the latter, as it does not seem likely that EIA's lawsuit will restore the cut teams and a postponement would raise false hopes and keep the student athletes in limbo.

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