For Every Action, There is an Equal and Opposite Reaction. As almost everyone knows, Iowa's athletic department is currently under investigation by the federal government for potentially discriminating against female coaches, stemming from the Tracey Griesbaum firing last August. If yesterday's news is any indication, Iowa is trying to respond by simply discriminating against men just as much:
University of Iowa athletics department administrators ordered a female be hired over male candidates for an assistant track coaching job regardless of qualifications, an internal email from the head coach alleges.
Attorneys for a male coach who says he was illegally passed over portrayed the email — which the coach's attorneys received last week as part of a lawsuit against the school— as a smoking gun that will help prove his gender discrimination allegations.