Sports Lawsuit Settled by Basketball Coach
We just wanted to pass along this brief recap of the sports law settlement reached between Marquette University Basketball Coach Buzz Williams and his former employer, the University of New Orleans.
Williams left UNO after only one season so he could become an assistant at Marquette. His lawsuit provided an extremely critical narrative of basketball conditions at UNO:
Williams said in his suit against the school that he "quickly learned that UNO was either unwilling or unable to provide even the basic necessities for a competitive men's collegiate basketball program."The allegations included charges that players were not given meal money on a timely basis, or "there was insufficient meal money to cover the players for the entire first semester," the suit said.
Now that the lawsuit has settled, the matter is closed, and neither side will apparently divulge the terms of the deal. The unfortunate aspect of settling this case from a public policy standpoint is that we will never know whether Williams made these allegations in a self-serving effort to evade his contract or whether they are truthful.
