APRIL 1, 2026
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1. Title IX Proportionality Opponents See Opening in Trump’s Second Term
“Eric Pearson, a former Princeton wrestler, founded the American Sports Council (ASC) in 2002 with the aim of preserving intercollegiate athletic programs threatened with elimination.
His motivation was personal. In the early 1990s, he watched his Tigers team face the chopping block, a formative experience that propelled him into advocacy and led to the formation of what was first called the College Sports Council.
At the heart of the group’s work has been a long-running - though thus far unsuccessful - challenge to the U.S. Department of Education’s 1979 Title IX policy interpretation.”
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