Auburn Beats Softball Pitcher’s Title IX Retaliation Lawsuit

Auburn University shook off Title IX claims by a student who alleges she was denied a roster spot on the school’s softball team in retaliation for her complaint that a coach was allowed to have sexual relationships with team members.

Alexa R. Nemeth failed to show that Auburn’s stated reason for cutting her from the team—that she wasn’t good enough—was a pretext to mask its real reason to retaliate for protected conduct, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama said.

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 bars discrimination based on sex in education programs or ...