A girls' team, a fired coach, and Title IX.(USA)

From: The Christian Science Monitor | Date: June 14, 2004 | Copyright information

Byline: Warren Richey Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor

WASHINGTON -- When coach Roderick Jackson complained that his girls' basketball team was being treated like second-class citizens at Ensley High School in Birmingham, Ala., school administrators took firm and immediate action - against Coach Jackson.

"I was told that I was not a team player, that I needed to play ball or I was going to make problems for myself," Mr. Jackson says. "And they weren't joking." He was fired.

Incensed, Jackson filed suit in federal court under Title IX, which outlaws gender ...

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