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The appeal judgment sets the table for a potentially game-changing precedent in Title IX compliance across all NCAA contact sports, as the former members of the UND women's ice hockey program can present a new legal argument that has never been heard in court before.
The United States District Court yesterday issued a judgment dismissing the complaint filed last June by former University of North Dakota women's hockey players, who alleged that the elimination of the program violated their rights under Title IX. The complaint was dismissed without prejudice, meaning
Players with remaining NCAA eligibility were on the ice for practice on March 29, 2017 when news began trickling in that the University of North Dakota was unceremoniously dropping its women's hockey program. Now, they're taking to the courts. Attorney Dan Siegel says he was