Link: AU Athletics employees allege racial discrimination

[Bama323]

Auburn athletics employees allege racial discrimination in lawsuit - ESPN

 

[kyallie]

When it goes bad,it all seems to go bad. I wonder how incoming recruits, and their parents feel, in light of recent events, about signing???

 

[b2v4ua]

When it goes bad,it all seems to go bad. I wonder how incoming recruits, and their parents feel, in light of recent events, about signing???

Probably don't care. If they were paid why do they care

 

[0LDSCH00L]

Bad Karma...

 

[gamersfuel]

not news IMO. at least nothing many havent known for the past 50 years

 

[skrayper77]

How long until Auburn fans somehow blame us for this one... or start claiming that we're much guiltier of it than they are?

I'm giving over/under at 2 hours.

 

[jeremy]

How do you celebrate the most important moment in your athletic department's history? Lay people off! When success is that good to you, its no wonder they are usually failures.

 

[Bamabuzzard]

This is like sitting on a hill in your car looking down into the valley watching a train wreck happening knowing the devil, Osama Bin Laden and Michael Moore are the only ones riding the train. :biggrin2: Shame on me. I shouldn't of put it that way.

 

[SavannahDare]

And the hits just keep on comin'.

 

[Silverback]

And...suddenly yesterday evening I heard a tree story again! I wonder how many times they are going to try that smoke screen?

 

[rhm54]

I dislike Auburn just like the next guy but.........as the story stands I don't see it being anything more that some people trying to get paid. Let's logically look at this story

Overall, the lawsuit says 10 of the 11 employees who lost their jobs during the reorganization were black.

Ok that sounds bad but before we can claim racial bias, I think we need to know the total percentage of black custodial workers there are.

Five of the former custodial workers were laid off last May and four others were moved to other departments during a reorganization after Auburn moved from Beard-Eaves Coliseum to the smaller new Auburn Arena.

So they moved to a smaller arena, logically wouldn't that mean you needed less custodial staff?

I really dislike Auburn, bordering on hatred, but I despise people playing the race card just because they can.

 

[Bamabuzzard]

For me it has nothing to do with it being right or wrong but rather just watching one thing pile on after another and them having to put out one public relation fire after another. That is what's fun to watch.

I dislike Auburn just like the next guy but.........as the story stands I don't see it being anything more that some people trying to get paid. Let's logically look at this story



Ok that sounds bad but before we can claim racial bias, I think we need to know the total percentage of black custodial workers there are.



So they moved to a smaller arena, logically wouldn't that mean you needed less custodial staff?

I really dislike Auburn, bordering on hatred, but I despise people playing the race card just because they can.

 

[happytidefan]

I see a day coming when they have ads on tv...."Save Auburn University and its trees, and its coaches, and its custodians and its pay for play athletics, and its crooked boosters. Send your donation to Bobby Lowder, care of......."

 

[RTR91]

I dislike Auburn just like the next guy but.........as the story stands I don't see it being anything more that some people trying to get paid. Let's logically look at this story



Ok that sounds bad but before we can claim racial bias, I think we need to know the total percentage of black custodial workers there are.



So they moved to a smaller arena, logically wouldn't that mean you needed less custodial staff?

I really dislike Auburn, bordering on hatred, but I despise people playing the race card just because they can.

I was thinking the same thing. The new arena is smaller, so the staff will be cut some. Did race play factor in who was cut during the transition? That's for someone else to decide.

 

[RTR91]

Something else to remember. Alabama is an At-Will state; AU doesn't really have to have a reason to fire the people.

 

[bamagradinATL]

I wonder what Press Release we will see come out of Auburn today.

 

[RTRFanatic]

I dislike Auburn just like the next guy but.........as the story stands I don't see it being anything more that some people trying to get paid. Let's logically look at this story



Ok that sounds bad but before we can claim racial bias, I think we need to know the total percentage of black custodial workers there are.



So they moved to a smaller arena, logically wouldn't that mean you needed less custodial staff?

I really dislike Auburn, bordering on hatred, but I despise people playing the race card just because they can.

I agree.

 

[rolltide1982]

If u don't want to step in IT, stay out of the PASTURE. hahaha

 

[NoleTide]

I see a day coming when they have ads on tv...."Save Auburn University and its trees, and its coaches, and its custodians and its pay for play athletics, and its crooked boosters. Send your donation to Bobby Lowder, care of......."

I really like that....LMAO!!! Throw Yella Fella in there too....

 

[TexasRed]

Something else to remember. Alabama is an At-Will state; AU doesn't really have to have a reason to fire the people.

True. But it's a bit thornier when it comes to a protected class like race, gender, age, etc. If you can show that the firings were racially motivated then 'at-will' doesn't matter.

And ordinarily I would agree with the posts about disgruntled employees 'playing the race card,' but if I had to suspect an athletic department of being racist it would be AU. The whole Eric Ramsey case started out because of Ramsey's exposure of a policy the AD had against black players dating white students...and that was the 1990's.