Radwan v. UConn: UConn Had Sufficient Cause to Terminate Radwan’s Scholarship for ‘Flipping the Bird’ at an ESPNU Camera following a Soccer Game in 2014

By Christian S. Dennie, of Barlow Garsek & Simon, LLP   This case arises out of events following a soccer game on November 9, 2014, where Noriana Radwan (“Plaintiff” or “Radwan”), then a member of the University of Connecticut (“UConn”) women’s soccer team, “flipped the bird” at an ESPNU camera during a live broadcast, resulting in her dismissal from the UConn women’s soccer team and the cancellation of her athletic scholarship. Radwan sued the UConn Board of Trustees, L