First baseman Adam Sasser of the North Greenville Crusaders plays defense in a game against the Queens University Royals on Tuesday, March 12, 2019, at Fluor Field at the West End in Greenville, South Carolina. North Greenville won, 14-3. Photo: Tom Priddy/Four Seam Images via AP

You're Out! Judge Tosses Suit by University of Georgia Baseball Player Booted for Racial Slur

A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit against the University of Georgia and other defendants filed by former UGA baseball player Adam Sasser, who was kicked off the team and suspended from classes after shouting a racial slur during a Bulldogs football game in 2018.

October 07, 2021 at 06:15 PM

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Constitutional Law

Greg Land
staff reporter

A complaint by a onetime University of Georgia baseball star who sued after being thrown off the team and suspended from classes for a shouting racial slur during a football game was itself thrown out by a federal judge, who ruled that defendants including UGA's president, Athletic Association and other university officials were protected by qualified immunity, among other factors.