ASC President Leo Kocher on Title IX Quotas

In today’s edition of the Daily Trojan, American Sports Council President Leo Kocher was asked what was preventing the University of South California from adding new men’s sports to their athletic department:

In response to the university’s recent addition of two women’s sports, some have expressed discontent with the constraints placed upon the program by Title IX.

“It’s certainly unfair and it’s because [universities] decide to let a quota law dictate athletic policy,” said Leo Kocher, president of the American Sports Council, an organization exploring Title IX reform. “These kind of twisted decisions are all the result of trying to comply with the enormous pressure these types of laws exert on athletic programs.”