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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Swammy</div><div class="ubbcode-body">http://www.dol.gov/oasam/regs/statutes/titleix.htm

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Roderick Jackson Earns a Win in the Supreme Court and a settlement from the Birmingham School Board


RODERICK JACKSON is a high school girl's basketball coach in Alabama who could not stand by in silence when he knew his players were being treated worse than the boys' team. The girls were not allowed to use the new, regulation gym the boys' team used; instead, the girls had to practice and play in the old gym with its wooden backboards, bent rims, and no heat. Although the boys' team was driven to away games by bus, the girls had to make their own arrangements and travel by car when the girls' and boys' games were scheduled at different times. In addition, the girls couldn't get to some of the equipment that was available to the boys, including the ice machine. On one occasion, Jackson was forced to break into the ice machine to treat an injured player.


Money was another major problem. The girls were routinely denied any share of the money donated to the school athletics program by the City of Birmingham. And, while the boys' team was allowed to keep money from admissions and concession sales during their games, the girls' team was not. This made it hard for the girls to pay for game costs, like paying for game officials.

Coach Jackson questioned school officials about this different treatment and received no answers. He kept asking and fighting for his team. The result: He was fired. Feeling he had no other alternative, he sued under Title IX. His case has gone all the way to the Supreme Court.

On November 30, 2004, the Supreme Court heard arguments in Coach Jackson's case to decide whether those who are penalized for complaining about sex discrimination can go to court to challenge the retaliation to which they are subjected. In March 2005,The Supreme Court agreed with Mr. Jackson. They said schools couldn't punish people for standing up for the students' rights. Knowing that we're protected against retaliation, people like my students and me will be more likely to come forward if we see discrimination. Then, students and administrators can work together to fix problems. That's all I really wanted.


While the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Coach Jackson could sue for retaliation, they did not guarantee that he would get his job back. But, on November 29 2006 the Birmingham School Board and Coach Jackson reached a settlement. The Board of Education agreed Jackson will be made whole and officially named head coach of the girls' varsity basketball team at Jackson-Olin High School in Birmingham, with the same benefits and arrangements that the Board of Education provides for other head coaches. They also agreed to take all steps necessary to ensure a level playing field for female athletes in all its schools and programs, including appointing Title IX Coordinators for the Birmingham school system and for each school within the system; adopting Title IX polices and grievance procedures; conducting all training necessary to ensure compliance with Title IX; and conducting a review of compliance with the Title IX athletics regulations in all schools and programs in the Birmingham school system and preparing public reports of the findings. "I'm very pleased with this agreement,"? said Roderick Jackson. "My aim all along was to ensure fair treatment for Birmingham female athletes and this agreement, at long last, should guarantee that happens."?

The finding in this case is critical to the effective enforcement of Title IX and many other civil rights laws

My first question to you is are you from GC?....I dont think so...so keep your mouth shut about Coach Bledsoe being arrogant..do you know her?...I think the answer to that is NO also...so what right do you have saying something like that about her..the girls love and respect her very much, you would not know that because you have not been anywhere close to them to see that. I know for a fact that Lowell Campbell was talking about Godsey's job before it every happened because I heard him tell it out of his mouth, so that is not hear say. Swammy get your facts straight. About the field that everyone is talking about...at the Little League park..the fence is not back far enough for girls high school softball field...Odle would have a field day down there hitting homeruns, I know if a 12 yr old could do it then anyone on the high school team could too.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: gcmomof2</div><div class="ubbcode-body">My first question to you is are you from GC?....I dont think so...so keep your mouth shut about Coach Bledsoe being arrogant..do you know her?...I think the answer to that is NO also...so what right do you have saying something like that about her..the girls love and respect her very much, you would not know that because you have not been anywhere close to them to see that. I know for a fact that Lowell Campbell was talking about Godsey's job before it every happened because I heard him tell it out of his mouth, so that is not hear say. Swammy get your facts straight. About the field that everyone is talking about...at the Little League park..the fence is not back far enough for girls high school softball field...Odle would have a field day down there hitting homeruns, I know if a 12 yr old could do it then anyone on the high school team could too. </div></div>

All due respect could they not move the fence back? How many homeruns does Odle have this year?

Sounds like a good idea...let em play where the fences are 210 down the line and 250 to center...

They don't have to move it back just make it 10 feet high and it will meet regulations. Light ,dugouts scoreboard, bathrooms and all.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Chief</div><div class="ubbcode-body">They don't have to move it back just make it 10 feet high and it will meet regulations. Light ,dugouts scoreboard, bathrooms and all. </div></div>

So it is 200 feet then all the way around then? If you have to use the bathroom now you must walk all the way down to where the bathrooms are at the football field... I just about used it on my self one day... [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif[/img]

Yes I happen to know that she is arrogant, because yes I do know her. She was Amy Tipton then to be precise...And yes I also happen to know that some of the girls might like her, doesn't mean she's not arrogant, I also know the some of the girls don't like her or trust her because they believe she was involved with the removal of Coach GOdsey. So please don't tell me that I cannot state my opinions..that's what this forum is it's a place to state your opinions, i'm sorry mine happen to differ from yours....but please do not tell me to keep my mouth shut like i'm your child or something...because on that note you do not know me, who I am, or where i'm from...

FYI if I happen to see her again and she will speak to me (she prob. won't thus why I say she's arrogant) I will be more that happy to tell her how I feel. But please do not presume that I do not know her because I do, have for a long time. So no, I don't think she's arrogant just because she took Godsey's job, I think it because i've known it to be true...I'm sorry that it's so far out of your realm of possibility that what I say could be true, but from what i've heard, and actually witnessed (FYI I do frequent GC from time to time) I believe it to be true....

The one that was most invloved in the removal of coach Godsey was he himself. He knew what he had been told and continued on with what he was doing. I know that others tried to tell him he was getting in over his head and he got in the quicksand and sank.

Isn't being arrogant a requirement for any coaching position?