Virginia swimmers with Riley Gaines in lawsuit against NCAA

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Virginia swimmers with Riley Gaines in lawsuit against NCAA

(The Center Square) – Sixteen former and current female college athletes, including a handful from the women’s Roanoke College swim team and an Olympian at Virginia Tech, have sued the NCAA. The lawsuit is led by former University of Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines. The athletes' grievance is the NCAA allowing men who say they are […]

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