The College Gymnastics Association has issued the following statement, "No sport has suffered more from the misapplication of flawed Title IX regulations than Gymnastics. Title IX is an example of a well-intended law that has created unintended consequences. The proportionality prong of the three-part test has led to the elimination of opportunities for both male and female gymnasts to participate on collegiate teams."    "The College Gymnastics Association (CGA) applauds the recent clarification of Title IX's three-part test by the Department of Education. It provides a glimmer of hope for young gymnasts everywhere who hope one day to participate in intercollegiate athletics. The CGA believes that, now that schools will no longer need to follow strict proportionality to measure compliance with Title IX, it will be easier to save teams from termination, eliminate quotas on men's teams rosters, and even allow the gymnastics community to work towards establishing new teams. Common sense reform has finally arrived. "    Within the gymnastics community there is growing excitement about the future of gymnastics. Kay Hoflander, a mother of a gymnast and a College Sports Council grass roots leader from Missouri, commented, "Because of the way Title IX had been enforced, it had become in itself discriminatory against boys. This change is very good news for many young male athletes across the country."    Jonathan Plante former gymnast who saw his program at Michigan State eliminated because of proportionality stated, "The Title IX clarification that the Office of Civil recently issued finally brings Title IX closer to it original intent… equal opportunities for both genders in athletics, not a quota system requiring the bean counting of athletes."    The 2005 NCAA Men's Gymnastics Championships will take place at West Point, NY on April 8-9. This year's host of the event, Army's men's head coach, Doug Van Everyn, expressed a positive outlook for the future of gymnastics "For years I've been working with groups like the CGA and the College Sports Council trying to get common sense reforms for Title IX. Now we have a viable alternative for schools to comply with the law besides the old quota system, and the gymnastics community should be excited about the chance to reinstate many of those lost programs."