Male Gymnast Sues University of Minnesota for Sex-Based Discrimination After School Cancels Team

Student Evan Ng, a gymnast, practices at the University of Minnesota in this undated photo. He is suing the school, claiming the elimination of its century-old gymnastics team is illegal sex-based discrimination. Courtesy Pacific Legal Foundation

A student gymnast at the University of Minnesota is suing the school for sex-based discrimination after it cut the men’s varsity gymnastics team because it believes too many men participate in campus sports, given that female students outnumber males.

The complaint initiating the lawsuit, Ng v. Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota, was filed on Oct. 29 in U.S. District Court in the District of Minnesota.