University of Tennessee rejects discrimination claim by women’s athletics employees

Submitted by anthony on Thu, 2011-11-17 01:49

Story here. Excerpt:

'KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The University of Tennessee has rejected claims by three employees of its women’s athletics department who say they were discriminated against because their salaries were lower than those of employees in the men’s athletics department with comparable duties.
...
In the complaint, Moshak, who works directly with women’s basketball and oversees employees who work with other women’s sports, compared her salary and duties to Director of Men’s Sports Medicine Jason McVeigh. At that time, Moshak earned a base salary of $87,500 while McVeigh, who works directly with the football team and supervises employees who work with other men’s sports, made a base salary of $89,048.
...
A report by the university said Moshak and McVeigh’s positions differ for many reasons, including the number of athletes each supervises, the nature and number of injuries involved in their respective sports, their budget responsibilities and the amount of revenue and interest their sports generate.'

Like0 Dislike0

Comments

Umm, what egregious disparity is there here??

87500/89048=.9826. She is getting paid 98.26% of what the football coach gets paid, and she has a lot less to worry about in terms of pressure to succeed and generate revenue, and she's complaining?

The question here is not why is she getting paid 1.74% less than the other coach. The question is, rather, why isn't he being paid a hell of a lot more than her?

Like0 Dislike0
Submitted by Matt on Fri, 2011-11-18 00:19