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FILE - This Oct. 31, 2015, file photo, shows Iowa Athletic Director Gary Barta on the field before an NCAA college football game in Iowa City, Iowa. The University of Iowa will pay $6.5 million to settle high-profile discrimination lawsuits filed by former athletic administrator Jane Meyer and her partner, former women's field hockey coach Tracey Griesbaum, according to settlements released Friday, May 19, 2017. The deal ends litigation that has prompted criticism of Athletic Director Gary Barta's management and has been closely watched by advocates for gender equity in college athletics. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

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FILE - This is an Oct. 31, 2015, file photo, shows Iowa Athletic Director Gary Barta on the field before an NCAA college football game in Iowa City, Iowa. An audit of the University of Iowa athletics department warns that administrators failed to adequately monitor information technology purchases, allowing wasteful spending and creating major risks for the theft of equipment. The audit comes at a difficult time for Athletic Director Gary Barta, who faces a firestorm of criticism following last week's jury award of $1.4 million in damages for discrimination, unequal pay and retaliation to his former top aide, Jane Meyer. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)