A media firestorm broke on social media earlier this morning, largely centered around Iowa Athletic Director Gary Barta.
News of a $4.175 million dollar settlement being reached was first broken by Chad Leistikow of the Des Moines Register, who has been providing great reporting on this matter. This is incredibly brave reporting by the newspaper, which Barta publicly reprimanded back in 2021 for only covering the University of Iowa’s athletic scandals, with no coverage given to any scandals at Iowa State or UNI.
And now Gary Barta is sounding off once again, this time in regards to the uneven distribution of lawsuits between Iowa and their counterparts Iowa State and UNI.