Former Utah football player says coach discriminated against him because of a medical condition

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In one instance, Green’s lawsuit alleges, he was medically cleared to play and participated in preliminary drills for a team scrimmage, but Atuaia held him out because he was “scared” to put him in due to his diabetes diagnosis.
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After the season, according to the lawsuit, the Utes’ running backs coach directed Green to enter the NCAA transfer portal because he could not “push” him because of his diabetes.

Green then claims his scholarship was terminated by the program with no “meaningful notice” despite wanting to continue his education.
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If he can prove it he might have something in this case.
 


GopherJack said:
Jeez. At least let the kid complete his education. They pulled his scholarship completely?
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If true, that is the strange part. Even on teams trying to push guys out ... they don't typically pull the scholarship. Most schools understand how that looks.

Granted we only heard one side here but if some of that is true, makes the school look really bad. Team stuff you can kinda wonder if other things are going on, but pulling the scholarship seems mean spirited.
 





I could be totally wrong on this but I thought there was a mechanism that allowed guys who had to retire early for medical reasons to retain their scholarship. Maybe that is a Big Ten thing?

Edit - just read the story....very strange. Seems odd that the RB coach would make playing/practice time decisions on a fully cleared player due to fear of his condition, that seems fishy to me. But if he can prove that was the case he might have something.

We are fully into the lawsuit portion of the college football calendar so will be interesting to see what if anything comes of this.
 
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Was he diagnosed after he joined the team? I didn’t see that mentioned. Why would they recruit a player who has diabetes if they’re not willing to develop him?

It’s possible his version of events is the truth. To believe it though you’d have to accept that the team recruited a player they thought could help them, cleared that player medically and then refused to allow him to do the things needed to compete.
 


GVLCGopherFan said:
Was he diagnosed after he joined the team? I didn’t see that mentioned. Why would they recruit a player who has diabetes if they’re not willing to develop him?

It’s possible his version of events is the truth. To believe it though you’d have to accept that the team recruited a player they thought could help them, cleared that player medically and then refused to allow him to do the things needed to compete.
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Yeah, that part just doesn't add up to me. If he was fully cleared by the medical staff I just can't see a position coach using fear of his medical condition as a reason not to let him participate. That is the whole reason they have the medical/training staff, to take those decisions out of the coaches hands.
 




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