Sport Law Exam 2 Questions and answers.

Sport Law Exam 2 Questions and answers.


Do private schools have to abide by title IX? - (correct answer) - YES
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Title IX applies... - (correct answer) - if any department receives federal funding.
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also addresses sexual harassment, pregnancy, school admissions, scholarships and testing
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Three parts to the policy interpretation (1979) - (correct answer) -
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Part 1: Financial assistance (scholarship money)
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Part 2: Equality in program areas (facilities, locker rooms)
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Part 3: Effective accommodation (most cases)
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What are the three prongs? - (correct answer) -
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Prong 1: Are participation opportunities for male and female athletes substantially proportionate to t
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he school's male and female enrollment? If yes, stop here; if not....
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Prong 2: Can the institution show a history and continuing practice of program expansion?
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If yes, stop here; if not...
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Prong 3: Have the interests and abilities of the underrepresented sex been fully and effectively accom
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modated?

How many prongs must the school be in compliance with? - (correct answer) -
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at least ONE of the three prongs
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Grove City College v. Bell (1984) - (correct answer) - -
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Ruled title IV did not apply to school athletic program because they did not directly receive money fro
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m fed. gov't
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-Title IX became neglected and ineffective
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Grove City College won vb vb vb




Civil rights Restoration Act of 1987 - (correct answer) - -Congress overturned Grove City College ruling
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- The legislation extended breach of title IX to any program receiving federal funding
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NCAA v. Smith (1999) - (correct answer) - - Smith sued b/c NCAA told her she could not play volleyball
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,- Supreme Court: NCAA received funds indirectly, not enough force IX
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-District- NCAA appeals, Smith, Supreme -NCAA
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Cannon v. University of Chicago (1979) - (correct answer) - -
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female denied admission to medical school
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-Title IX violation vb vb




-Supreme Court found individual can sue for title 9
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District: dismissed vb




Appeals: affirmed vb vb




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the school would not receive funding if found guilty
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Franklin v. Gwinnett Public Schools (1992) - (correct answer) - -
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harassed and abused by the male teacher
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- the school knew no actions were taken
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- Supreme court- monetary damages, available to individuals in law suits alleging
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intentional violations of title 9
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District: dismissed vb




Appeals: Affirmed vb vb




Supreme Court: reversed and remanded vb vb vb vb




Cohen v. Brown University (1992) - (correct answer) - -
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University needing to cut its budget, eliminated university funding for men's golf and water polo and
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women's gymnastics and volleyball. vb vb vb vb




The university tried to argue that women just weren't interested enough in sports to offer a proportion
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ate number of sport programs
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-Not found to be in compliance with Prong 1
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-eliminated university funding for men's golf and water polo and women's gymnastics and volleyball.
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District Court: Cohen won vb vb vb




Appeals Court: split decision (trial court decision upheld)
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Supreme Court: Refused to hear the case vb vb vb vb vb vb

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Brown ordered to restore the women's teams with funding, coaching, and other benefits comparable
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to men's teams
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What is title 9? - (correct answer) -
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"No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denie
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d the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving f
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-Also addresses sexual harassment; pregnancy; and school admissions, testing, and scholarships
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Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987 - (correct answer) -
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Congress overturned the Grove City College v. Bell ruling
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Legislation extended the reach of Title IX to any program of any institution that accepts federal funding
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Made athletic departments subject to Title IX
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Office for Civil Rights (OCR) - (correct answer) - -
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Used to be the Department of Health, Education and Welfare
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-Passed regulations in 1975 that spelled out how the law applied to athletics
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These regulations neglected to identify how schools could assess or measure whether they were in co
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Federal Antitrust Laws - (correct answer) - 1. Sherman Antitrust
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2. Clayton Antitrust
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3. Curt Flood Act
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4. Sports Broadcasting Act
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2 parts of Sherman Antitrust Act - (correct answer) - - Anti-competitive behavior
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- Monopoly Power
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3 parts showing violation for Anti-competitive behavior - (correct answer) -
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1. Must show that there is an agreement between two separate parties
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2. Must show that the parties' conduct taken under the agreement unreasonably restrains trade becau
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se they are anticompetitive
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3. Activity must affect interstate commerce (i.e., commerce that takes place between two or more stat
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