The College Sports Forum

The men’s swim team from James Madison University stripped down to their Speedos in front of the Department of Education on Thursday in Washington, D.C., in a protest over Title IX regulations. 

James Madison will cut 10 teams — seven men’s, including swimming, and three women’s — effective July 1. At that time 61% of JMU’s athletes will be women, matching the proportion of women in the student body.

Leaders of the Women’s Sports Foundation and National Women’s Law Center held a teleconference after the protest to say JMU should have complied with Title IX by adding opportunities, not by cutting teams.

They said protesters who ask for Title IX reform are using the law as a scapegoat for cuts that are made for reasons other than Title IX.

Many of the athletes at the rally ran “5 miles for fairness,” three times around the Education Department, up the steps of the U.S. Capitol and back.

Members of JMU’s women’s swimming and track teams, which will be retained, attended the rally in support of the men’s teams that will be cut.

This is just an update on an earlier post.  I thought it was interesting to see how some of the current athletes acted towards the decision.