I would say that's a fair question to ask.
Moos brought it up in the past when the topic has come up. So it's not like they totally came up with this on their own. So from that standpoint it's fair to say they were following up on the story. But at the same time I'm not sure when they found out that the athletic department did in fact make some attempt to comply, I'm not sure it was really story-worthy. My guess is that they thought it would get some people riled up enough to make it a story if they ran with it so they did.
These two paragraphs from the article support this. They're pushing for a problem where there doesn't seem to be a problem.
Paragraph 1:
Indeed, in that and several other ways, the Huskers' new walk-ons last year weren't always treated as true members of the Husker swimming and diving team. Nonetheless, Ellis much enjoyed and appreciated the chance she was given to continue swimming in college, work on her skills and bond with teammates.
Leading that sentence off with "nonetheless" belies the rest of the sentence. Her take is that things weren't 100% across the board, but she liked her experience.
But that's not the premise they're aiming for, so they largely ignore that, with this gem:
Paragraph 2:
But a World-Herald examination of the details behind the move show it didn't always go all that swimmingly, raising questions about how committed the school was to creating true varsity athletic experiences for more women.
What I would have liked to have seen is WAY more input from both walk-ons and varsity swim team athletes, and way less from Title IX suits. Because the experience of the student-athlete is what's most important, at least to me.
But something the article doesn't really do at all is acknowledge that this was all slapped together in a few months.
Another excerpt from the article:
The expansion of Nebraska's women's swim team last year was actually undertaken with football in mind...
Frost was hired December 2nd, 2017. I'm sure he expressed his intent to expand the roster during contract negotiations, meaning if Moos was on board with that, he had to figure out how to expand other teams for Title IX compliance NOW.
The Swim Team's season started 9/28/18, ten months after Frost was hired. They had to go out and get those student-athletes in a few short months. Maybe they were already enrolled at UNL, but if not, they had to alter or adjust their college plans to accommodate this new opportunity.
This article is judging the merits of an expanded Title IX compliance, rather harshly, based on its first year, on a plan that was slapped together in a few months.
Maybe give UNL a couple of years to get this ironed out before judging the situation, eh OWH?
