Our Goal
The Pacific Coast Classic is USA's premier men's gymnastics competition attracting NCAA, Elite, and Jr. Olympic gymnasts from across the country and around the world. This high-profile event promotes the sport of men's gymnastics and is a platform to draw awareness to the need to support U.S. men's collegiate athletic programs.
In 1969, over 230 NCAA men's gymnastics programs existed; today, only 17 remain in the United States.
More than 2,200 men's athletic teams, from baseball to swimming, have been eliminated since 1981 to comply with the proportionality prong of the 1979 Title IX Policy Interpretation (a rigid affirmative action quota system).
However, due to the involvement of many individuals, the momentum to promote men's gymnastics and the awareness to preserve collegiate athletic programs has been magnified since the Pacific Coast Classic's inaugural year in 2004.
Please meet Kathy DeBoer, the Executive Director of the American Volleyball Coaches Association. On the 35th anniversary of Title IX (2007), the NCAA interviewed DeBoer who candidly expresses the impact Title IX has had on collegiate athletics:
Fairness in Sports Foundation
The Pacific Coast Classic supports the Fairness in Sports Foundation in an effort to impact the expansion of sports opportunities in the United States.
The Foundation was created to build a nationwide alliance of MOMSS - Moms On a Mission to Save Sports. This 501(c)3 organization is dedicated to addressing the elimination of collegiate men's and women's athletic programs. Its purpose is to restore the original intent of Title IX to stop the decimation of collegiate sports.
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 was intended to protect against discrimination - not promote athletics on college campuses. Change requires clarification and redefinition of the Title IX language used in its Policy Interpretation (Three-Prong Test). This federal law is being used unjustly as a tool to cultivate the interest and athleticism in women and correct for past discrimination.
Title IX is a good law and has greatly expanded opportunities for women across the United States. However, Congress’ intent for this nondiscrimination statute has been distorted. Through misinterpretation and misapplication of the statute and its regulatory tools, many universities are ultimately forced to create, upgrade or reinstate women's teams resulting in eliminating men's teams.
Title IX is now hurting women's sports. The quota system approach favors sports with large squad sizes for women, and thus, reduces or eliminates small-squad women's teams. The resulting disproportion in men's and women's athletics is destructive to our U.S. Olympic teams.
In order to save sports programs from further demise, limiting compliance to a rigid affirmative action quota system (Prong 1) without an exact and accurate measurement of interests and abilities must be changed. Once accomplished, universities can comply with Title IX and "provide equal athletic opportunity" for both sexes as was the original intent of Title IX.
If you would like to join the MOMSS alliance, click here to sign in.
The Fairness in Sports Foundation was co-founded by Daniel Wolfus and Karen Owoc. The Board of Directors includes:
Peter Vidmar - UCLA Hall of Fame member; Olympic Gold Medalist: 1984 Gymnastics; motivational speaker
Tim Daggett - UCLA Hall of Fame member; Olympic Gold Medalist: 1984 Gymnastics; NBC commentator
Karch Kiraly - U.S. Olympic Committee and UCLA Hall of Fame member; Three-time Olympic Gold Medalist: 1984 and 1988 Indoor Volleyball and 1996 Beach Volleyball; ESPN and NBC broadcaster
Brian Goodell - UCLA Hall of Fame member; Two-time Olympic Gold Medalist: 1976 (Swimming); real estate developer
Pacific Coast Classic Founder and Director: Karen Owoc PCC Competition Directors: Scott Barclay and Andy Timm
