San Diego, CA - With multiple reports coming in of allegations of disability discrimination, racial discrimination, sexual harassment, failure to investigate and prevent discrimination and harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination and retaliating for engaging in protected activity, the San Diego Wave were announced as the recipient of the 2024 Merritt Paulson Award for the Most Hostile NWSL Workplace of the season.
“It’s a true honor to be following in the footsteps of legendary ownership groups like Merritt Paulson and Armin Whisler,” stated one San Diego Wave employee. “It was a team effort to reach this point and we have to thank Jill Ellis, Ron Burkle, and Megan Wakefield for all their contributions.”
Sources say that the Wave are adding their 2024 Merritt Paulson Award to their 2023 Shield and their 2024 NWSL Challenge cup in the awards section of their facility.
“It’s important for us to acknowledge all the victories for women in this group,” stated one Wave spokesperson.
The Nutmeg News will have more on this because it just seems to never end.