A follow-up to Saturday’s update on former Fresno State women’s hoops coach Stacy Johnson-Klein’s sexual harassment suit: the FRESNO BEE says Johnson-Klein will take the reduced $6.6 million award the judge handed down (cut from the jury’s $19.1 million) and avoid a new trial.

But this may not be the end of it: after having its collective behind handed to it thrice by former female coaches or administrators in sexual harassment trials and a fourth lawsuit on the way, the Fresno State brass is still considering an appeal.

What happens next is up to Fresno State and the California State University system.

California State University attorney Dawn Theodora said she was pleasantly surprised that Johnson-Klein made a speedy decision, but added that no decision has been made on whether to appeal [Judge Donald S.] Black’s ruling. She said Fresno State and California State University have until March 8 to decide.

“I think everyone has a vested interest to move forward to a fair resolution,” Theodora said.

If there weren’t a pattern of these cases, maybe an appeal would be a bit more understandable. For her part, Johnson-Klein plans to do the usual thing, post-lawsuit: write a book about her life and become “a national advocate for stronger gender-equity laws.”

The writers’ strike ended yesterday; don’t tell me someone isn’t going to jump all over this one.