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Court: Black ex-Hawkeyes can proceed with parts of lawsuit Share Updated: 9:22 PM CDT May 6, 2021 Court: Black ex-Hawkeyes can proceed with parts of lawsuit Share Updated: 9:22 PM CDT May 6, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript ABOUT HATE -- BUT ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA USE. (áááRHEYAááá) NEW TONIGHT -- FORMER HAWKEYE FOOTBALL PLAYERS WHO SAY THEY HAVE EXPERIENCED RACISM AND MISTREATMENT - CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH LAWSUIT. A FEDERAL JUDGE RULED THE FORMER PLAYERS CAN PROCEED WITH PARTS OF THEIR LAWSUIT - BUT ALL OR SOME PARTS OF THE ALLEGATIONS WERE THROWN...

The university agreed to pay Doyle $1.1 million in a resignation agreement last June, after scores of former players said on social media that he had bullied and discriminated against them. Doyle has denied the allegations. An investigation by an outside law firm later found the program’s rules “perpetuated racial and culture biases and diminished the value of cultural diversity” and allowed coaches to demean players without consequence. In her order, U.S. District Judge Stephanie Rose released athletic director Gary Barta and current strength coach Raimond Braithwaite as defendants. Fo...

IOWA CITY — Responding to a federal complaint accusing University of Iowa Athletics and football coaches of mistreating and discriminating against Black players, the state wants the case dismissed — arguing the former athletes sued too late, didn’t give enough specifics, and failed to connect bad behavior to race. Of the 13 former Hawkeye players suing UI Athletics Director Gary Barta, head football coach Kirk Ferentz, assistant football coach Brian Ferentz, interim strength and conditioning coach Raimond Braithwaite, and former strength and conditioning coach Chris Doyle, the state arg...