Eleventh Circuit Finds High School Football Player Has Plausible Claim of Sexual Harassment Under Title IX

By Erica J. Zonder C.W, a freshman football player at Piedmont High School in Alabama, sued both the School District and head coach for Title IX violations based on sexual harassment by other players, as well as violations of the Equal Protection Clause based on deliberate indifference. Background C.W. was a freshman football player at Piedmont High, where Steve Smith was the head coach and athletic director. C.W. was 15 years old and weighed around 130 pounds. He was subjected to “bullying