Civil Rights in College Sports?

      In the world of college sports, the most important thing to a college coach is winning.  Their entire career is based off of their ability to produce and achieve success in the form of turning athletes into successful people in the real world, but mainly winning championships.  They are hired to lead a program to new heights and win championships, not lose or bring about an environment in a program of complacency and contempt with being average.  With all of this being said, a division one athlete goes into a program knowing all the above, and from personal experience being a division one lacrosse player, that fact is clear and imprinted in one's mind numerous times.  
        A female field hockey coach at the #7 ranked school in the country, University of Iowa has been fired after 14 years of service for seemingly acting 'too mean'.  The attorney for coach Griesbaum wrote, "We understand that the athletic department needs to address the concerns of student athletes and that player abuse is a serious issue. However, it undermines the entire system to enable generic complaints about a female coach based on behavior that so often pales in comparison to the behavior of male coaches." 

         In American history for the past 50 years, the push for gender equality has been a top issue in social areas, and after many advances and equality type legislation and stereotypes have been resolved,  I find it very concerning and quite baffling as to why a woman coach who has a legacy of excellence and success, along with players who have been molded and flourished in the real world, is has been fired for doing what any male coach does, in using any technique possible to get the most out of her players.  It upsets me that a woman coach is held to complete standards than a male coach, and that she is being penalized for trying to win, which was the main reason why she was even hired as the head field hockey coach of that University.  
        The next couple weeks should yield a response from the University Investigation team that was put in charge of the incident and decide the exact legal reason behind her firing, but I completely support and back coach Griesbaum filing civil rights violations and complaints about her random firing.  

If you would like to read more about the issue and look at the article I used to find out about this issue, follow the link below. 

http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/apnewsbreak-iowa-rejects-calls-reinstate-coach-25895692