No Escape: Former Basketball Coach Says NCAA Cannot Be Dismissed from Firing Suit

On Monday, June 22, Michele Sharp argued that the NCAA got what it wanted when Kean University fired Sharp and should not be dismissed from her wrongful firing suit.  The former women’s basketball coach filed her original complaint in January 2014 against Kean and a number of its administrators.  When that complaint was dismissed, she filed an amended complaint at the beginning of 2015, adding the NCAA and her previous counsel as defendants.

In the lawsuit, Sharp argues that Kean officials unfairly punished her …

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NCAA Urges Court to Toss Student-Athletes’ Sexual Discrimination Claims

The NCAA filed a motion to dismiss the sexual discrimination action brought against it by former soccer players at Kean University, citing the action is time barred and the complaint contained no specific discrimination allegation by the NCAA.

The motion argued that Shannon Pedersen, Emily Cristaldi, and Jaclyn Janicky failed to specifically allege that the association discriminated female athletes differently when it sent a notice informing the university of a possible rule violation by the school in 2011.  Additionally, several claims stated in the original …

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