"A U.S. District Court judge has barred Concordia University Irvine from eliminating the school's women's swimming and diving, and women's tennis programs or any other women's varsity team during the 2025-26 academic year."
"In granting the injunction, Slaughter also ordered that To the extent that those teams have already been eliminated, CUI shall immediately reinstate them, and provide the teams with funding, staffing, and all other benefits commensurate with their status as varsity intercollegiate teams."
"Nine female Concordia athletes, seven members of the swimming and diving program and two tennis players, are suing the university in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, alleging that by dropping the women's sports programs, the school is violating Title IX by depriving women of equal opportunities to participate in intercollegiate athletics."
U.S. District Judge Fred W. Slaughter granted a preliminary injunction preventing Concordia University Irvine from eliminating the women's swimming and diving, women's tennis, or any other women's varsity team during the 2025-26 academic year. The injunction requires immediate reinstatement of any teams already cut and mandates funding, staffing, and all benefits commensurate with varsity status. The injunction remains in place for the duration of the case or until further court order. Nine female athletes sued alleging Title IX violations for depriving women of equal intercollegiate athletic opportunities; attorneys cite that women comprised 59% of undergraduates but received only 51.2% of varsity opportunities.
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