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Ex-VCU head coach claims AD fired him for being gay
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03:17 AM ET 11.30 | We live in a changing society. Even 20 years ago it was still not fully acceptable to be in love with a person of the same gender as you. We were coming around to our more sensible side in the '90s, but we weren't there yet -- and some people still aren't there even today. That's the case with what could become a large discrimination scandal at VCU, as longtime volleyball coach James Finley is claiming he was fired for being gay by his homophobic AD Ed McLaughlin. Finley has some credible evidence to suggest his firing last Monday was motivated by discrimination of his sexual orientation. Finley had been the VCU women's volleyball coach for eight years, and had recently led the team to a 25-6 record in a tough Atlantic 10, earning a trip to the national semifinals. Finley says it's not the loss in the semifinals but the fact that he's gay, and openly gay at that, which led to his firing.
James Finley, AP Photo/Dean Hoffmeyer
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I guess the girls felt safe.
shiprock
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I'm stiil pissed that that they stole the word gay!
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Hey, how'd you get that word past the censorship? This is a family website.
VanByTheRiver
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Well he is clearly playing the fairy card. Ha ha ha ha..
Who chooses which stories to post here on FN anyways?
VanByTheRiver
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Are there non-gay volleyball coaches?
williewilliejuan
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Its funny that they can use the G word in their headline but if you type it in anywhere like referring to the Florida Gators as the Florida **** it gets bleeped. Somebody explain.
12-0 deal with it…
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Let's see let me just try and type the word gay
12-0 deal with it…
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Wow it takes it there but if I spell Gators with a y after the a it gets bleeped. Go ahead try it . . . ready here ****
12-0 deal with it…
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The mods are Gator fans...
MountainGator
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UFelons**** turds
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Dumbest comment of the week goes to...
NickTheContrarian
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Thx for clearing that up for me MG. I could not go to sleep last night with that on my mind.
:)
12-0 deal with it…
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How's VCU's financials? Can they settle without clearing out the reserve funds?
Tin Man
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"god" is also credited for creating the 99% of the species that are now extinct so back off the Adam and Eve fairy tale.
captaincruzan
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