NCAA Sued for Barring Coach With Non-Violent Conviction

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The National Collegiate Athletic Association was accused of discriminating against black coaches for changing a policy that had allowed someone with a non-violent felony conviction to coach at high school events.

Dominic Hardie, a 35-year-old basketball coach from Houston, filed a complaint today in federal court in San Diego. He seeks a court order preventing the NCAA from implementing the felony-exclusion policy and a ruling that it violates the U.S. Civil Rights Act.