Nine former women’s basketball players at Western Oregon University filed a lawsuit on Wednesday, claiming retaliation from the school after they came forward with allegations of physical and verbal abuse from coaches last year. (Photo by Peter G. Aiken/Getty Images) Getty Images

The suit alleges the NCAA Division II university allowed coaches to abuse players, then took away their scholarships in retaliation for speaking up.

A group of nine former Western Oregon women's basketball players are seeking roughly $28 million in a lawsuit that accuses their former coaches of multiple forms of abuse.