Ucoz Awaiting Trial in Sexual Bias Case
2022.11.30 12:19
Ucoz Awaiting Trial in Sexual Bias Case
By Kristina Sobol
Budrigannews.com – An appeals court in the United States revived a sex discrimination claim made by a former soccer player against the University of Connecticut (UConn) on Wednesday.
She raised her middle finger to a television camera during a championship game that was nationally broadcast, and her scholarship was revoked.
According to a 2016 lawsuit filed by Noriana Radwan, a three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York City stated that a jury should decide whether UConn punished her harsher than male student-athletes who committed misconduct in 2014 because of her gender.
A federal judge in Connecticut had rejected Radwan’s claim that UConn had violated Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which prohibits sex discrimination in federally funded education programs.
Both Radwan’s lawful delegates and UConn didn’t quickly answer requests for input.
Radwan made the gesture with her team when UConn won the conference title by defeating the University of South Florida. Radwan lost her athletic scholarship and was disqualified from further tournament games.
Because Radwan had demonstrated that male scholarship athletes at UConn who committed misconduct faced far less severe consequences, a panel of the 2nd Circuit decided on Wednesday that Radwan’s Title IX claim should proceed.
A football player who kicked a dead ball into the stands during a game was not punished at all, according to the court, while a male soccer player who was arrested for theft was given a warning.
The 2nd Circuit upheld the judge’s dismissal of Radwan’s separate claims that UConn’s disciplining her violated her constitutional rights to due process and free speech.
Radwan v. University of Connecticut Board of Trustees, No. 20-2194 is the issue at hand.
