Idaho University Denies Discriminating Against Mormon Player

July 19, 2016

Idaho State University’s former assistant tennis coach and the university have denied allegations made in a lawsuit in which a former tennis player says he was discriminated against because of his Mormon faith.

The Post Register reported that former coach Nate Gross has been accused of harassing Orin Duffin, who played on the team during the 2014-15 season, because of his membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Gross filed a response to the lawsuit saying he did not pick on Duffin because of his faith; he was hard on the player for being late for practice or performing poorly in drills.

lawsuit10ISU filed a separate response denying Duffins allegations and claiming the lawsuit is invalid.

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  • July 19, 2016 at 11:17 pm
    Fair Playing Field says:
    Sounds like a "gross" exaggeration. As I heard it explained, Bambi and Thumper, two graduate students in the Kinesiology Department at UNLV, were engaged to visit the young a... read more
  • July 19, 2016 at 12:06 pm
    Mr. Mister says:
    Poorly written article. Doesn't even mention the action the player took to be discriminatory. The missing detail: While out of town in Vegas for a team event, the coach sent t... read more

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