Breaking news from the Title IX blog:

We just learned that Florida Gulf Coast University will pay $3.4 million to settle a lawsuit filed by two former coaches, Jaye Flood and Holly Vaughn, who allege that they were terminated in retaliation for raising concerns about gender discrimination in the athletic department (more press about the settlement here and here). Their lawyer, Linda Correia called the 3.4 million figure "the price of retaliation."

Go read the background of the story over at the IX-ers.... and riddle me this - why on earth are Universities so dumb? Do the LIKE to give people huge hunks of change?