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Once it was brought to his attention that Coulter intended to play football, Wilson said that he had to speak to Dr. Warren E.C. Wacker, director of University Health Services and Dr. Arthur L. Boland, head surgeon in the athletic department, to discuss the medical risks of Coulter's playing football...
...addition, Wilson said he needed the time to speak with University lawyers to find out if the college would be liable for injuries Coulter might sustain. He also asked the lawyers whether the University could legally bar Coulter from playing House football...
...Coulter said that the athletic department delayed discussion of her right to play tackle football for two weeks after practices and scrimmages had already started. "They waited until five minutes before the first game before they said anything. Then they came right down to the field, took me aside, and told me I didn't have Harvard's permission to play," Coulter said...
...After we were sure that she was aware of the risks involved, we had no intention of prohibiting her from playing," Wilson said. Reardon said that Harvard could legally have prevented Coulter from playing. Title IX of the Equal Education Act of 1972 does not require Harvard to let Coulter play, because tackle football is a contact sport, Reardon said...
...controversy over Coulter's case has sparked nationwide media interest. The Boston Globe ran a story on Coulter last Friday, and ABC Sports, the Good Day Show, and Sports Illustrated have also contacted her, she said...