An Inclusive Litany

3/9/99

The New York Times, March 9, 1999:
A Federal District Court in Philadelphia discarded the National Collegiate Athletic Association's minimum test score requirement for athletic scholarships yesterday, throwing into disarray the principal criterion for establishing eligibility for student-athletes.

In a 54-page decision, Judge Ronald I. Buckwalter held that the NCAA's SAT and ACT minimum score requirement, as outlined in Proposition 16, "has an unjustified disparate impact against African-Americans."