vivas trial could go to jury this week

[freeballer2]

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — In 2002, Lindy Vivas coached the Fresno State women’s volleyball team to the most successful season in its history. Two years later, she was fired.
University officials say Vivas failed to meet performance goals or attract enough fans to matches. But her lawyer says she was replaced by a man because she raised her voice to support women athletes in the macho world of Division I college sports and was mocked for it by male colleagues at office parties, staff meetings and on the court.
“When I got there, the department seemed really good and seemed to support all the women’s sports,” Vivas said during a break from her discrimination trial at Fresno County Superior Court. “But the message that was sent to me later was either sit down and shut up, or something will to happen to you.”
Advocates for women in sports say Vivas, whose $4.1 million lawsuit could go to a jury as soon as this week, is emblematic of a system that has helped female athletes but failed female coaches.

Link below to full article:
the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2007/Jul/04/br/br5364729081.html

[jgrout]

If Coach Vivas gets damages from Fresno State, it will have nothing at all to do with the politicized view of women's sports expressed in this article... it will have to do with the flagrant sexism of that very conservative part of California... something that I would guess is not the case in Hawai'i. I wonder if the Advertiser will start a campaign to replace Dave with a woman coach...

[ladeda]

Vivas is a local girl graduated from Punahou ,lots of support for her in Hawai'i.