After 8 weeks of trial a jury found that Stacy Johnson-Klein had been discriminated against by Fresno State based on her sex. The jury then awarded Stacy 19.1 million dollars that would cover her back pay, future pay, and emotional or psychological damages she has received. The trial was brought about when Stacy was fired from her job as head women’s basketball coach. She had threatened to file Title IX law suits against the school in order to equalize the women’s and men’s basketball teams. But, because the AD of the School was “sexually reckless and a sexist” she lost her job. Then the school blamed her firing on her disciplinary policy and that she had taken painkillers from a player. However, the men’s team had also had drug problems and nobody got in trouble. So the school ended up making itself look worse and worse.
In a way this is what Title IX is all about. The women’s basketball team will end up becoming equal with the men’s on almost every issue. The coach also ended up in a really good position because even though she was fired she was able to gain a ton of money. I think it is way to much money but it makes a statement and hopefully other school will pay attention and be more cautious about firing employees. So by Stacy Johnson-Klein doing the right thing her girls basketball team is equal and she came out on top of the school.
