{"id":638545,"date":"2026-03-12T12:36:51","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T19:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=638545"},"modified":"2026-03-12T12:36:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T19:36:51","slug":"marshall-swimmers-file-title-ix-suit-over-program-cut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/marshall-swimmers-file-title-ix-suit-over-program-cut\/","title":{"rendered":"Marshall Swimmers File Title IX Suit over Program Cut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Marshall Swimmers File Title IX Suit over Program Cut<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Athletes from Marshall University\u2019s women\u2019s swimming and diving program filed a lawsuit this week alleging that the university infringed on their rights under Title IX in cutting their program.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-sports\/story\/_\/id\/48166832\/marshall-sued-plans-drop-women-swimming-diving\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was filed Monday<\/a> in U.S. District Court in southern West Virginia on behalf of 15 undergraduate swimmers. It contends that Marshall discriminated against current female student-athletes and potential future ones on the basis of sex <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/marshall-university-to-cut-womens-swimming-and-diving-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">by eliminating their opportunities to compete<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Athletic director <strong>Gerald Harrison<\/strong> cited the team\u2019s annual budget of $819,000 and aging facilities that the university doesn\u2019t have the resources to renovate to NCAA competition standards as among the reasons for shuttering the program. It paired the discontinuation of swimming and diving with the addition of women\u2019s stunt, which would accommodate more athletes (up to 65) at an estimated annual budget charge of $320,000 per year.<\/p>\n<p>The athletes allege that not only is swapping stunt for swimming insufficient for Marshall to meet its Title IX requirements, but even adding stunt to swimming would leave them short of the standard for \u201csubstantially proportionate\u201d opportunities. The swimmers contend the university has failed to show a \u201chistory and continuing practice of program expansion responsive to the interests and abilities of the sex that has been historically underrepresented.&#8221; They also point out that the number of 65 stunt athletes ia a far-off number in a relatively new sport <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.org\/news\/2026\/1\/16\/media-center-stunt-earns-ncaa-championship-status.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">that only achieved NCAA championship status in January<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Marshall has maintained that cutting the program is in the best financial interests of the university.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur months-long financial review of athletic programs at Marshall showed that the swimming and diving program, while successful in the classroom and in the pool, was not sustainable at the level necessary to compete for Division I championships,\u201d Harrison said <a href=\"https:\/\/wchstv.com\/news\/local\/lawsuit-filed-against-marshall-board-of-governors-over-discontinuation-of-swim-team\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in a joint statement released after the suit was filed<\/a>. \u201cThis was not an easy decision, but we believe it remains the best option at this time. Our priority remains the well-being of our student-athletes and the trust of the entire Marshall community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The decision to cut the program was levied on Marshall in mid-February, with new leaking out ahead of a Feb. 17 board of governors meeting that occurred while the Thundering Herd competed in the American Athletic Conference Championships. Marshall <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/before-program-cut-marshalls-lauren-mcnamara-claims-american-conference-title-elyse-wood-sets-school-record\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">performed outstandingly there given the circumstances<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Marshall\u2019s program is the latest swim program cut amid increased financial pressures on universities in the wake of NCAA restructuring, compensation for athletes and name, image and likeness (NIL) allowances to athletes. While Title IX \u2013 which require universities and all bodies taking federal money to offer equitable opportunities between men and women and to not discriminate \u201con the basis of sex\u201d \u2013 mean men\u2019s programs have felt the pinch in many cases, women\u2019s teams have not been immune.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marshall Swimmers File Title IX Suit over Program Cut Athletes from Marshall University\u2019s women\u2019s swimming and diving program filed a lawsuit this week alleging that the university infringed on their<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8367,"featured_media":582136,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6],"tags":[66010,9401,251,124363,67114],"class_list":["post-638545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college","tag-american-athletic-conference-swimming","tag-marshall","tag-ncaa","tag-swimming-programs-cut","tag-title-ix"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - 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