Linda Purrington wrote:
>
> Does anyone know if the ruling on the Boy Scouts allowing exclusion of
> gays and atheists, etc., was on a brief containing the argument that the
> Boy Scouts could not discriminate against anyone protected by federal
> educational equity laws because the Boy Scouts use school faciliteis for
> meeetings in so many areas? --Linda Purrington Title IX Advocates
> <lpurring@earthlink.net>
>
> MENENHA@mail.state.wi.us.at.Internet wrote:
> >
> > I've been waiting for this body of law to develop. It's also going to come
> > up in the area of disability, where NCAA rules create siginificant barriers
> > to athletic participation by athletes who have LDs and who have been
> > accomodated - NCAA rules inherently question the legitimacy of their
> > academic achievement and abilities if their disabilities are accommodated
> > (e.g., alternative asessment).
> >
> > Most colleges and universities essentialy turn over teir policy making in
> > some areas to the NCAA. It really has become a quasi-gevernmental
> > body in that it develops rules that public colleges and universities must
> > obey if their athletic programs are to survive, and those same rues
> > govern the actions of private colleges and unviersities that receive
> > federal funding.
> >
> > <MENENHA@mail.state.wi.us>