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Mansourian v. Regents of the University of California, 602 F. Supp. 3d 957 (2010)

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Mansourian v. Regents of the University of California, 602 F. Supp. 3d 957 (2010)
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Mansourian v. Regents of the University of California, 602 F. Supp. 3d 957 (2010)
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2010-02-08

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[14] In sum, UCD expanded varsity opportunities for
women only between 1996 and 2000. UCD’s elimination of
women from the varsity wrestling team thus took place in the
context of an overall contraction of female athletic participa-
tion opportunities that began in 2000.16 UCD’s post-2000
  16
   As noted, supra note 2, the plaintiffs have submitted sufficient facts
showing the existence of female varsity wrestling opportunities to survive
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strategy for sports equality between the sexes appears to have
consisted of reducing varsity athletics overall, and in the pro-
cess reducing men’s participation more than women’s partici-
pation by using “roster management” to limit the size of
men’s teams. The Clarification explicitly precludes consider-
ing such reductions as evidencing program expansion: