Thursday, January 18, 2007

Evangel graduate wages battle against sex discrimination


Evangel University graduate and former Montana State University women's basketball coach Robin Potera-Haskins has received some financial help for her sex discrimination case against the university.

Ms. Potera-Haskins, who compiled a 54-34 record during her time at the university, will receive $5,000 from the American Association of University Women. In her lawsuit, she claims:

Throughout her three-year tenure at Montana State, she was given fewer privileges than the male coaches in the athletic department. She claims she was paid 30 percent less than the male coaches and not given benefits that male coaches routinely received, such as use of vehicles and cellular phones. She also contends she was given less autonomy over her team and was forced to use substandard practice facilities.


The knocks against Ms. Potera-Haskins, according to published reports, are that she was unable to hold on to some of her recruits and her program committed some minor violations of NCAA rules.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Really? She got paid less? Had fewer privileges? Let's check the books and see what her team's attendance was in comparison to men's team.

Does this lady think that womens' coaches at Duke, Kansas and UCLA make as much as Mike Krzyzewski, Bill Self or Ben Chapman?!?!?

Wake up and smell the coffee. Programs that make money get paid money. Programs that don't, don't.