OT: University of Iowa Athletic Department loses big in sexual orientation/gender discrimination lawsuit
Somehow Iowa will find a way to give their AD a huge extension out of this.
With a barge pole. But I do hold an opinion.
Just type it. C'mon. You know you want to. It's eating you inside. You need to voice said opinion to us, fellow MGoBloggers...
You're twice as good. What with the double posting. Win one for the gipper. I know you will.
Hmmm, according to her lawyer the case turned on the fact the new AD treated the plaintiff different than the previous one who had hired her.
Well, that kind of thing happens all the time. Heck, it happened when Brandon came to Michigan's AD. I had a friend this happened to. When the new exec comes in, s/he wants to have his/her people around and finds reasons to get rid of the old guard they don't want. This isn't new or specific to Iowa.
But when you pay then $70k more to this person, it can obviously be used as a sign of gender discrimination.
A jury of eight people in Iowa agreed that discrimination occurred, but an anecdote about your friend disagrees, ok.
Jury not only comes to a conclusion, but barrs others from having an opinion on it.
Jury's out!
I am not an attorney, but I think her side nailed this case. Her new boss was a dolt and the attorneys who should be checking out every major move were negligent. I think it will be hilarious if they are forced to hire her back.
And we know Gary Barta is a dolt because have you seen Kirk Ferentz' contract?
The only logical thing to do is extend Ferenz.
there are like 9 of them on staff....
As Is Tradition
Went to school with this gals niece. Haven't been in touch much but I found out early on through her FB and what not what was going on with this case. She was obviously happy yesterday/today for her aunt.
It offends me not a whit, but it is funny to describe someone who just won a sexual discrimination case as a "gal".
Haha you're right...I just read that back to myself.
Dyke is the correct nomenclature.
Damnit, man! If you don't remember your preconceived narrative, then how am I supposed to remember my preconceived narrative concerning how your political beliefs led to your preconceived narrative?
Go Iowa Awesome write up seems to be a better overview of what happened than the Des Moines Register's article.
Seems to me like the damning thing is the salary for the man hired to replace her.
.....
Of course Iowa's response is they're disappointed at the verdict and not the way their scum AD behaved
Seems like all those people -- Berta, Meyer, Taylor -- are getting paid a lot of money to fiddle around in an office.
I bet none of them can hold a candle to Jim Hackett.
sounds a lot like Manuel
And those who actually murder hurt the case of those who are unfairly accused of murder, but so what? We have legal system to adjudicate cases like this (which is like every case ever) where "no one knows what really happened."
"Griesbaum has also sued the school. Her wrongful termination trial begins in June."
What's the difference between the two lawsuits? I took this one as a wrongful termination lawsuit due to gender and sexual orientation discrimination. Does this lawsuit cover the past earnings lost and the wrongful termination cover future earnings lost?
EDIT: Nevermind, I see now the wrong termination lawsuit to begin in July is for her partner, the coach that was fired for allegations of abuse.
Not a time to share thoughts on gender identity or sexual orientation, but completely against discrimination of any kind whatsoever. If she was treated unfairly and discriminated soley on the fact that she was gay and or a female (or both), then she deserves every penny she earned from that lawsuit. Don't know if people will ever be judged solely on the merrit of their character and performance than the color, gender or sexual orientation, but the closer we can get to the standard the better.
The jurors who heard the facts of the case were unanimous on ALL of her claims in a civil case.
This isn't always true but it makes two things highly likely -- either the university was guilty of what she accused them of or the university presented a very poor court defense. Given the legal resources of the university, I'm inclined toward the former.