Faced with the possibility of losing his team in an effort by the California State University-Bakersfield to comply with Title IX civil-rights law, wrestling coach T.J. Kerr launched a corresponding effort to make the men's team coed.

[Ed.: The Wall Street Journal reports that about 1,900 girls participated in high-school wrestling in 1998. In one incident, a boy apologized to his female opponent when putting a hold on her, and another boy—weighing in at 119 pounds and able to bench-press 300—was compelled by his coach to forfeit a match because his coach feared he would "tear the girl apart."]

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