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Nec Vs Duke Case Summary
Michael Pisani
Sports Law
Spring 2012
Mercer v. Duke University

Facts- Duke University allowed a female to try out for a male football team. In doing so Heather Sue Mercer should have had equal opportunity in making the squad. Duke University operates a Division I college football team. During the period relevant to this appeal (1994-98), appellate Fred Goldsmith was head coach of the Duke football team and appellant Heather Sue Mercer was a student at the school.
Legal Issues- Mercer claims that the coach Fred Goldsmith made offensive remarks about her gender. She was cut from the team in 1996, and claimed that the reason she was cut was because of her sex. This is against Duke's rules of athletics, which state "No person shall, on

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