University of Tennessee Reaches Settlement in Title IX Lawsuit

The University of Tennessee announced on Tuesday, July 5, 2016, that they have reached a settlement in the Title IX lawsuit brought against them by eight former female students. The settlement of $2.48 million comes after allegations of a “hostile sexual environment” at the university arising from a policy of indifference towards sexual assaults by student-athletes.

Seven of the eight plaintiffs in the lawsuit made allegations against UT athletes, and six athletes were accused by name. The plaintiffs alleged a “culture of sexual violence,” which …

February 12, 2015 NCAA

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 …