UC Davis settles women

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UC Davis and plaintiffs Kelsey Brust, Jessica Bulala and Lauraz Ludwig settled the lawsuit that was file d twoyears ago, and was certified as a classe action in October. The settlement establishes a set of standardw for female participation rates in varsity sportes at UC Davis and provides additional financial supporyt for club sports atthe university, a news releasde said. The settlement must be approved bythe U.S. District Court in Sacramento after members of the class have been notified of thespecifivc terms. Brust and Bulala playedd club field hockey. Ludwig had wrestlinhg experience and playedclub rugby. They brought suit in July 2007 underr the 1972Patsy T.
Mink Equal Opportunity in Educationh Act, also known as Titler IX. The settlement creates a 10-yeadr plan for UC Davis to reach specific proportions of male and female athletes bythe 2019-29 school year. The universityg will either add women’s intercollegiate teams or will take other stepw to ensure equal accommodation of student interestt invarsity sports. UC Davis has also agreed to contribute $110,000 to a fund for the developmentt ofclub sports. The case was scheduled to go to triain October.
“UC Davixs has a solid history of commitment to its female athletes and coaches and to expanding opportunities for women in competitive sports,” Greg Warzecka, UC Davis athleticzs director, said in the release. “While the partied have a difference in opinion about whether litigationwas necessary, we’re pleased that we have reached an outcomes that benefits both sides.” “We are thrilled,” Ludwig said in the “It feels good to have the university’w support for women’s athletics through this resolution. We are prou to have come up with a resulyt that will benefit Davis for yeareto come.
It will creat more opportunities for women to participate in the sports that they Duringthe litigation, UC Davis created an open application process and selected women’s fieldf hockey as a new intercollegiate to join the 14 other women’s varsit y teams at UC Davis. A team has been selected, and competitionh will start inthe “The time frames set out in the settlemeny maximize the potential to add varsity opportunitiew for women in the future,” Warzecka said in the “We are continually trying to maintain our compliance efforts to give womenj athletes the very best access to intercollegiate athletics competition possible.
” Establishing field hockey as a women’s intercollegiate sport at the university, Brusr said, “will allow field hockey playerds to contribute at even a higher levelo to the campus, and will provide incrediblse opportunities for many younyg women.” Noreen Farrell of Equa Rights Advocates represented the plaintiffs with Monique Olivier of the Sturdevant Law Firm and Kristijn Galles of Equity Legal.
“When we give womej a fair share ofathletic opportunities, we are developinyg leaders on and off the field,” Farrell