When a recipient operates a team in a particular sport for one sex, but not another, excluded members must be allowed to try out for the team unless it is a contact sport.

• A. True
• B. False
• C. It depends on enrollment
• D. Not specified

Answer: (A)

Equal athletic opportunities are required for male and female students. If a school runs a team in a sport for one sex, it must give members of the other sex the chance to participate, including the right to try out. Denying someone the opportunity to try out simply because of their sex would violate Title IX’s goal of non-discrimination in athletics. So the statement is true: excluded members should be allowed to try out for the team. (The specific note about contact sports is a nuanced detail in some policies, but the overarching rule is open tryouts for the other sex.)