NCAA's Brand: Don't fault Title IX for future cuts

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"My expectation is that over the next year or two we are going to see more" cuts of men's teams, Brand said Wednesday in a telephone interview, "and so I am trying, frankly, to pre-empt the argument against Title IX, an unfair argument, I believe, and dissuade universities from going public with this approach.
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Schools must pass one part of a three-part test to meet the participation requirements of Title IX: have numbers of male and female athletes proportionate to enrollment; have a continuing history of expanding opportunities for women; or meet the interests and abilities of the women on campus.

Schools must consider Title IX because they cannot pass the second or third tests if they drop women's teams.

"Title IX is a factor because fairness is a factor," Brand said.

"That is utterly disgraceful," said Jim McCarthy of the College Sports Council, an advocacy group for men's sports. "He knows perfectly well Title IX is going to force schools to target men's sports first. He is asking schools to join him in a whitewash."'