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Classic with a Cause
Our Goal: To provide direct assistance in preserving men's collegiate athletic programs and promote the sport of men's gymnastics in the United States.
In 1969: Approximately 230 collegiate gymnastics programs existed.
Today: Only 17 NCAA programs remain in the U.S. due to Title IX. (UPDATE: The men's team at MIT was eliminated after completing the 2008-09 season.)
More than 2,200 men's athletic teams have been eliminated since 1981 to comply with the proportionality prong of the 1979 Title IX Policy Interpretation (a rigid affirmative action quota system). Thousands of male athletes have been prohibited from participating in collegiate sports and as a result, men's athletic scholarships and coaching positions have evaportated.
Photo by Phil Savage
The Pacific Coast Classic supports the Fairness in Sports Foundation in an effort to impact the expansion of men's sports opportunities in the United States.
Fairness in Sports Foundation
For Equal Athletic Opportunity
The organization's national MOMSS campaign (Moms On a Mission to Save Sports) is dedicated to addressing the elimination of collegiate men's athletic programs. Its purpose is to restore the original intent of Title IX to stop the decimation of men's sports.
Title IX was intended to protect against discrimination - NOT promote athletics on college campuses. Change requires clarification and redefinition of the Title IX language used in its Policy Interpretation (Three-Prong Test). This federal law is being used unjustly as a tool to cultivate the interest and athleticism in women and correct for past discrimination.
Title IX is a good law and has greatly expanded opportunities for women across the United States. However, Congress’ intent for this nondiscrimination statute has been distorted. Through misinterpretation and misapplication of the statute and its regulatory tools, many universities are ultimately forced to create, upgrade or reinstate women's teams resulting in eliminating men's teams.
In order to save men's sports programs from further demise, limiting compliance to a rigid affirmative action quota system (Prong 1) without an exact and accurate measurement of interests and abilities must be changed. Once accomplished, universities can comply with Title IX and "provide equal athletic opportunity" for both sexes as was the original intent of Title IX.
National Gymnastics Foundation Men's Scholarship Program
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Event Director: Karen Owoc
Competition Directors: Andy Timm and Scott Barclay
 Event Produced by USA Sports Management
USA Sports Management
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Karen Owoc, Founder & Director of The Pacific Coast Classic
Ph: 925.735.0700 Fax: 925.735.0703 Cell: 925.413.6207
Email: karen.owoc@usa-sports.org
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