Ex-women's coach sues school, alleging gender discrimination

When I was looking at some articles on ESPN.com, I came upon a very interesting article. The article was titled "Ex-women's coach sues school, alleging gender discrimination." The article basically dealt with some of the things we talked about two weeks ago in class. According to the article, Surina Dixon (the ex-women's coach) believed she was fired because she complained about gender discrimination and advocated for gender equity. According to Dixon, she was offered $75,000 per year, while the Men's basketball coach Tony Harvey was given a four year contract which will pay him $150,000 per year. Dixon also claimed that she originally signed a four year contract, but it was changed to a one year deal by Charles McClelland (the new athletic director.) This article reminds me of exactly what we talked in class about the ex-coach at Fresno State because. Both cases are similar in the sense that it seemed that they were both fired because they decided to speak up about the discrepancy between men and women sports. In my opinion, examples like this article are one of the reasons why women do not speak up against schools that are clearly treating men and women different because they are afraid they will lose their job. Examples like this article are also one of the reasons why we cannot improve as a society because there are people who still believe women are inferior to men. I look forward to hearing how the case turns out because am curious to see how the courts will rule.

Nnaemeka Oguguo
KIN 338I