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. U.S. District Judge Todd Robinson ordered that the $300,000 is “to be split among a class of 798 former athletes” at SDSU. The plaintiffs’ attorney Arthur Bryant said that while that “might not seem like much,” this outcome “marks something bigger.” Bryant: “These women have made history. 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.” The lawsuit, filed in 2022, accused the university of “depriving female athletes of equal scholarship money compared to male athletes” (USA TODAY, 4/21).
