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Florida hires booster to oversee Title IX hearing

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8/5/16 at 2:34p in the College Sports Forum
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WRs Antonio Callaway and Treon Harris were suspended in January under violation of student conduct policy, they were not allowed on campus and took courses online do to the suspension. ESPN learned recently that the violation was an accusation of sexual assault by a female student. The hearing was scheduled for today but the woman and her attorney are boycotting the schools Student conduct code hearing because of who the university hired to oversee the case.

the university appointed a Gators football booster to adjudicate the case

According to a letter obtained by ESPN, the woman's attorney, John Clune of Boulder, Colorado, informed Florida's deputy general counsel that the complainant, her parents and five witnesses will not attend Callaway's student conduct code hearing, which is scheduled for Friday in Gainesville, Florida

 The man overseeing this case is a former UofF athlete and is a substantial booster for both the football and basketball programs.

A former track and field athlete at Florida, Schickel, 68, is a Scholarship Club donor to Florida Football Boosters, which requires annual contributions of $4,800 to $8,599, according to a 2014-15 Year In Review program published by the UF athletics department. According to the documents, Schickel is also a 3-Point Club donor to Florida basketball, which requires annual contributions of $2,000 to $4,999.

 According to Brett Sokolow the executive director of the Association of Title IX Administrators Florida could be opening themselves up to a Title IX lawsuit.

 if Florida is choosing someone with such deep ties to the athletic department and university, it opens up any potential decision to a complaint to the U.S. Department of Education or a Title IX lawsuit.

 We'll have to wait and see how this one plays out.

http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/17226092/woman-accusing-...

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