By: SeekTU_buckeye

SeekTU_buckeye
Sat, 25 Apr 2015 13:45:53 +0000

BuckeyeParent,

To depose who on account of what? They don’t get to argue their major three points. Everything must be argued in regards to gender discrimination. Any line of questioning not pertaining to gender discrimination will not be effective in winning the case.

There is no precedent showing that a woman marching band director faced with the same situation at Ohio State would not have been dismissed. If Mr. Waters was fired as a cheerleading coach, faced with same the accusations of the cheerleading case, then he might have a valid argument. However, the band environment and the cheerleading accusations are different enough that you cannot prove gender discrimination. And no one believes he was fired because he was a man.

I wouldn’t be surprised if OSU offers a settlement in the dollar amount that is less than the cost to go to trial, but it will not be near the million dollars sought.

Mr. Waters should give great pause in regards to his legal counsel. If his lawyers led him to believe they had a case based on the due process claims, and those were dismissed outright, Mr. Waters should have doubts about his lawyers judgement moving forward with proving a case of gender discrimination.