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An interview with American journalist Jessica Luther is presented. Among the issues she discussed include her investigation of the systematic ways that rape culture is perpetuated in college football which is detailed in her book "Unsportsmanlike Conduct: College Football and the Politics of Rape," the change in her relationship to college football since the beginning of her reporting, and whether she thinks college football is unique in its mishandling and cover-up of rape and sexual assault.

The article discusses the lawsuit involving Anson Dorrance, who was the women's soccer coach at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and two of his former players. Melissa Jennings and Debbie Keller filed a lawsuit against the school and the university in 1998 alleging that Dorrance had made inappropriate comments to them. Keller settled her case in 2004 and Jennings settled her case in 2008 but the university would not admit to any wrongdoing. Dorrance was forced to write an apology letter to Jennings and said that his sexually explicit talk was inappropriate.

The article discusses a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit which ruled that University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill women's soccer coach Anson Dorrance can be brought to trial for sexual harassment. The court also ruled that the university and university employees may be held responsible for not stopping Dorrance's alleged behavior. Former North Carolina soccer players Melissa Jennings and Debbie Keller have charged that in 1998, Dorrance repeatedly engaged in inappropriate sexual conversation with them. The university has argued that Dorrance was joking and that the conversations did not rise to the level of sexual harassment.