When Delaware State University announced that it was eliminating its women’s equestrian team, the school was hit with a pair of class action lawsuits in federal court seeking an injunction that would preserve the team for at least one more year and force the school to achieve a better measure of gender equity in its sports programs.
The suits accuse Delaware State of having a long history of failing to comply with Title IX, the law that mandates gender fairness in any federally funded educational institution, and, in the context of sports, requires that “athletic participation opportunities” be “substantially proportionate” to the student enrollment.
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