A Washington State jury has ordered Clark College to pay $545,000 to a former women’s basketball coach who alleged in a long-running lawsuit that he was wrongly dismissed, in 2002. According to The Columbian, a local newspaper, the coach, Trev Kiser, had expressed concern about the college’s compliance with Title IX, a federal gender-equity law, but his lawsuit concerned only the issue of his firing. The college’s president told the newspaper that it was considering its options, including, presumably, an appeal.
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You have to love America. Republican Richard Nixon brought us Title IX and now a male coach of a women’s team sues for wrongful dismissal. Only in America . . .
It’s illegal to retaliate against an employee who brings a complaint of discrimiantion based on sex. Whether the employee who complains of a Title IX violation (or any other violation of anti-discrimination statutes) is male or female, it doesn’t matter. Here’s to a successful verdict (so far). Hopefully, it will inspire other colleges and universities to comply with federal law — and not discriminate against employees who raise concerns about compliance with discrimination law.
Sauce for the goose, &c.