Ex-UConn Coach Fights for Right to Claim Discrimination

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Former University of Connecticut men's basketball coach Kevin Ollie claims his March 10 firing was racially motivated and is fighting the university for the right to make that claim.

According to the New Haven Register, Ollie and his attorneys have for several months been seeking to file a complaint of race discrimination with the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities (CHRO) and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), or in the courts. His attorneys want to preserve the right to do so after his current arbitration process with UConn is over. However, Ollie's attorneys contend that UConn is preventing their client from doing so, based on a provision in the collective bargaining agreement between Ollie’s union and the school that would allow UConn to end its current arbitration proceedings with Ollie if he took that route.

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