College football coach fired for refusing COVID vaccine loses lawsuit after Obama-appointed judge's ruling

By Free Republic | Created at 2025-01-08 01:22:52 | Updated at 2025-01-13 07:42:53 5 days ago

College football coach fired for refusing COVID vaccine loses lawsuit after Obama-appointed judge's ruling
Fox News ^ | January 7, 2025 | Jackson Thompson

Posted on 01/07/2025 4:48:42 PM PST by CedarDave

Former Washington State head football coach Nick Rolovich lost his lawsuit against the university after he was fired for refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine during the 2021 season.

U.S. District Judge Thomas Rice, who was appointed by President Barack Obama in June 2011, ruled Monday that Washington State could not accommodate Rolovich without undue hardship, including increased travel costs and hindered recruitment and fundraising efforts. The university also claimed damage to its reputation.

The university fired Rolovich, along with four assistant coaches, in October 2021 for refusing to comply with a mandate that required all state employees to be vaccinated. Rolovich filed his lawsuit soon after, claiming the university made an illegal termination in part because of "discriminatory and vindictive behavior" by athletic director Pat Chun.

Rolovich claimed that, as a Catholic, he was exempted from the state's vaccine mandate, but his exemption request had been denied.

However, Rice found no basis for Rolovich's objection to the vaccine on religious grounds.

"[Rolovich] frequently expressed secular concerns about the COVID-19 vaccine to friends, family members and coworkers," Rice wrote. "In the thousands of pages of discovery, Plaintiff does not invoke a religious objection to the vaccine. This alone is a basis for denying Plaintiff's claimed religious objection."

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Science; Sports
KEYWORDS: clotshot; covid19; deathjab; washington

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Finding was by a U.S. District Court Judge. I expect he'll appeal as damages by the Covid vaccine are much better documented now then they were in 2021. His decision and those of his assistant coaches not to take the shot may have saved him from future illnesses and maybe an early death.

1 posted on 01/07/2025 4:48:42 PM PST by CedarDave

To: CedarDave

Welcome to woke Washington.

wy69

2 posted on 01/07/2025 4:55:18 PM PST by whitney69

To: CedarDave

Since covid injections also impact people in close proximity, I wonder what would happen if colleges fire people for having received the injections..

To: butterdezillion

In 20 years college will be completely online picking professors from a national catalog. campuses will be homeless villages.

4 posted on 01/07/2025 5:02:22 PM PST by cnsmom

To: cnsmom

Online college only: If that happens in a widespread, long lasting way it would be a sad thing. I loved my family, but 6 also loved my college years out of state. Not just the school, but I learned much about different kinds of people, most I would never have met had I never left my hometown.

5 posted on 01/07/2025 5:07:43 PM PST by lee martell

To: CedarDave

Using the term “judge” following “Obama-appointed” would constitute at least a mid-level Oxymoron. The judge is probably as law-incompetent as is Dorkbama.

6 posted on 01/07/2025 5:16:45 PM PST by Da Coyote

To: butterdezillion

“Since covid injections also impact people in close proximity “

I would ask for a link...

7 posted on 01/07/2025 5:16:48 PM PST by TexasGator (1/|1211i.11'1/'1/11111)

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