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Marilee Dean Baker, president-elect of the AIAW and director of athletics at Princeton, told The Crimson yesterday that if Federal District Court in Washington, D.C., rules in favour of the NCAA, AIAW officials will be forced to dissolve their organization because of its inability to compete financially with the NCAA...
Margot Pollivy, general counsel to the AIAW, said yesterday that the organization decided to file the suit "because the NCAA is using resources they've gained through men's athletics to attempt to monopolize women's athletics," and because the NCAA decision to offer women's championships has resulted in the dimunition of AIAW membership and could eventually force the AIAW "out of the market...
Unlike the AIAW, the NCAA pays travel expenses for teams attending its national championships and Baker said that "the NCAA is using unfair practices to put us out of business because their resources allow them to offer benefits that the AIAW cannot afford to offer...
...William D. Kramer, attorney to the NCAA, said yesterday that the AIAW is "attempting to use anti-trust laws to preclude competition from anyone," and he added, "the NCAA is merely better equipped to govern women's athletics; they are not violating...
...NCAA decided to sponsor women's championships in January 1981, and since then, Baker said, the AIAW has suffered severe damages...