As most of our readership knows, Eastern Michigan has cut four sports from their athletic program, and they have been sued by former athletes, including two women that are claiming discrimination as a result of the aforementioned cuts, per David Jesse of the Detroit Free Press.
The lawsuit, filed in June 2018 by former softball player Ariana Chretien and former tennis player and Czech national Marie Mayerova, comes about after the school cut four programs in a cost-saving effort to offput a substantial budget deficit. The move saved the school about $2.