Saturday, August 2, 2008

Dan Siegel is Fresno State's $16,000,000 Daddy

Issuing a mea culpa, yeah, we are being snarky with our headline but the off-the-field legal matters involving Fresno State athletics has just been jaw-dropping -- and costly.

University settles with secretary
Fresno State, CSU will pay $125,000 to end lawsuit.
George Hostetter
The Fresno Bee
8/01/08


Fresno State and the California State University system have reached a $125,000 settlement with a former men's basketball secretary who alleged she lost her job after complaining about then-coach Ray Lopes.

Iris Levesque was laid off in January 2005, two months before Lopes resigned in the wake of NCAA violations committed during his tenure. The university said it was for financial reasons, but Levesque alleged she was fired for complaining of a hostile and discriminatory atmosphere in the basketball office.

She filed a discrimination lawsuit late last year....

Go here for the remainder including the long lists of payouts to various former FSU coaches.

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