Regarding 
   
  the 
  recommendation 
  of 
  the 
  ad 
  hoc 
  task 
  for 
  14 
  years 
  ago 
  and
the 
  hiring 
  of 
  Gene 
  Taylor 
  as 
  deputy 
  director 
  of 
  athletics…
The 
  acceptance 
  of 
  the 
  recommendations 
  of 
  the 
  ad 
  hoc 
  task 
  force 
  by 
  the 
  president 
  of 
  the 
  UI 
  in 
  
September 
  2000 
  included 
  approval 
  of 
  a 
  recommended 
  administrative 
  structure 
  for 
  the 
  UI’s 
  
Department 
  of 
  Intercollegiate 
  Athletics. 
   
  It 
  did 
  not 
  create 
  a 
  policy 
  requiring 
  that 
  structure. 
   
  
Furthermore, 
  an 
  employment 
  policy 
  which 
  mandates 
  gender-­‐specific 
  appointments 
  would 
  raise 
  
serious 
  legal 
  issues 
  under 
  applicable 
  employment 
  laws.
The 
  hiring 
  of 
  a 
  deputy 
  director 
  of 
  athletics 
   
  last 
  summer 
  by 
  Gary 
  Barta 
  as 
  part 
  of 
  a 
  significant 
  
reorganization 
  of 
  the 
  department’s 
  senior 
  staff 
  did 
  not 
  eliminate 
  or 
  diminish 
  the 
  importance 
  of 
  
the 
  UI’s 
  senior 
  women’s 
  (athletics) 
  administrator 
  (SWA), 
  a 
  position 
  which 
  is 
  currently 
  filled 
  by 
  
Paula 
  Jantz, 
  a 
  long-­‐time 
  member 
  of 
  the 
  UI 
  Athletics 
  Department 
  staff 
  who 
  was 
  originally 
  hired 
  
by 
  Dr. 
  Christine 
  Grant, 
  the 
  UI’s 
  retired 
  director 
  of 
  women’s 
  athletics.
Specific 
  to 
  the 
  hiring 
  of 
  Gene 
  Taylor, 
  the 
  search 
  was 
  an 
  open 
  search 
  driven 
  – 
  because 
  of 
  the 
  
direct 
  and 
  significant 
  impact 
  it 
  would 
  have 
  on 
  all 
  24 
  of 
  our 
  sports 
  programs 
  – 
  not 
  by 
  the 
  desire 
  
to 
  hire 
  a 
  female 
  or 
  a 
  male, 
  but 
  to 
  hire 
  the 
  absolute 
  very 
  best, 
  most 
  qualified 
  person 
  available, 
  
female 
  or 
  male.