Judge approves landmark Title IX settlement: 'These women have made history'
Federal judge approves landmark Title IX settlement for female athletes at San Diego State after they accused the university of depriving them .
SAN DIEGO — A federal judge has approved a landmark settlement that will pay former female athletes at San Diego State a combined $300,000 in damages after they sued the school and accused it of violating Title IX , the federal law that prohibits sexual discrimination in the workplace. U. S.
District Judge Todd Robinson delivered the order April 20, approving settlement terms that were reached last year, including $1. 3 million to be paid by SDSU to the plaintiffs’ attorneys who brought this class-action suit on behalf of the women. The $300,000 is to be split among a class of 798 former athletes at SDSU, which might not seem like much.
But this outcome marks something bigger, plaintiffs attorney Arthur Bryant said. “These women have made history,” Bryant told USA TODAY Sports on April 20. “This is the first case ever in which a school is going to pay damages to women athletes for depriving them of equal athletic financial aid.
It is definitely not going to be the last. And SDSU is going to comply with Title IX. ” Now that the settlement has been approved, SDSU must pay the amounts within 30 days, according to the judge’s order.