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Baylor rape scandal: Art Briles fired, Ken Starr "transitioned" to chancellor
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In unsurprising news, leaving the asshats who think that the NCAA and "amateurism" is a good idea in charge of trying to deal with a massive societal problem such as sexual assault and rape has not worked out well.
Still pisses me off that they are trying to fix this all via Title IX and putting it in the hands of the most corrupt organization and group of people since FIFA
Still pisses me off that they are trying to fix this all via Title IX and putting it in the hands of the most corrupt organization and group of people since FIFA
the implication might be that Starr knew he was being fired, and with this in mInd made some public, vaguely penitent remarks, albeit on an unrelated topic, days before the news of his firing was to be made public. PR
edit: oh he's not fired yet
perfectchaos007
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Ken Starr is no longer president of Baylor. Thread title needs to be updated one last time
El_Presidente
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Baylor is despicable.
The cover ups and lying make it all so much more twisted and perverse than it already was, and it was a mess to begin with....
Alumni and everyone should be ashamed and never let something like this happen again.... oh wait this is again, I mean a THIRD TIME! This should never happen three times!
The cover ups and lying make it all so much more twisted and perverse than it already was, and it was a mess to begin with....
Alumni and everyone should be ashamed and never let something like this happen again.... oh wait this is again, I mean a THIRD TIME! This should never happen three times!
http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=170207
Baylor statement and some report material
http://www.baylor.edu/rtsv/doc.php/266596.pdf
report
http://www.baylor.edu/rtsv/doc.php/266597.pdf
Pepper Hamilton's recommendations
Baylor statement and some report material
http://www.baylor.edu/rtsv/doc.php/266596.pdf
report
http://www.baylor.edu/rtsv/doc.php/266597.pdf
Pepper Hamilton's recommendations
Violence Jack
Member
Good. He was a scumbag.
But now watch him get another coaching gig within the year at an even higher salary.
But now watch him get another coaching gig within the year at an even higher salary.
CastleRybread
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Baylor has had consistent issues with their culture around athletics for a long time. Nothing that happens at that school surprises me. They need to pull an SMU and put athletics in check because it is damaging their reputation.
Hasphat'sAnts
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Vile:
Wait what happened now? These guys need to make up their minds.
onadesertedisland
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Wonder what the NCAA will do?
Roland_Gunner
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Starr was made Chancellor, which is basically an honorific position. The AD was also placed on probation, whatever that means.
cartographer
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Retaliated.
Burn it all down.
I'm not sure if this is a NCAA issue, but more a federal government issue.
onadesertedisland
Member
They self-reported to the NCAA.
perfectchaos007
Member
Retaliated.
Burn it all down.
Even though these are things everyone paying attention knew, its a relief to see Baylor admitting to it. Hopefully the victims can finally start the healing process.
SolidSnakex
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The fact that they've fired the head coach of the football team shows that it does have to do with the NCAA. And looking at the tweet that cartographer posted, i'd say that Baylor has earned the death penalty from the NCAA.
They fired him because he was grossly violating the Title IX, DoE investigation/enforcement supersedes NCAA enforcement. Basically, Baylor has to worry about federal funding at this point.
cartographer
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FWIW Baylor announced in the same release that they've self-reported these findings to the NCAA. NCAA could weigh in here, too. "Lack of institutional control" or whatever.
At the very least it gives some level of validation to many of these victims, even though like you said it was clear this wasn't some invented web of lies.
br0ken_shad0w
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Though he's pretty much done in Division 1-A.
Roland_Gunner
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I'm sure there are programs that would love to bring Briles in but if there was a sexual assault there they would have huge liability risks given this report. Just hiring him would increase your legal liability.
Yep, bulldoze that sucker.
Retaliated.
Burn it all down.
Feel free to take Waco with it.
dskillzhtown
keep your strippers out of my American football
Yeah, the NCAA is going to take their turn next.
After the Penn St backlash? As much nothing as they are allowed.
SolidSnakex
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shira
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Sadly this is how you win fast in the NCAA. You recruit high risk athletes and it creates a culture of high risk behavior.
2015 #13
2014 #5
2013 #13
2012 not ranked
2011 #13
2010-2002 not ranked
Baylor came literally out of nowhere to suddenly become a top 25 team.
A very stern wag of the finger and head shake. The NCAA couldn't even stick to their guns on Penn State, they're not going to step in with anything substantive on this one.
metalslimer
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Death penalty. This shit is so much more repugnant than getting paid for stuff
Penn State was out of their hands, as PSU would have won the lawsuit that they settled. This is actually in their hands, but the DOE should do their dirty work for them.
this is pretty much what they'll do.
Pristine_Condition
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Apparently, one of those instances that got reported to the coaching staff and never made it to the administration was a report of a GANG RAPE by football players. Yikes.
VendettaRed07
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Just abolish the NCAA and separate sports programs and college forever.
Start up something in their place like the Football League in England with divisions full of semi-pros/part timers.
Start up something in their place like the Football League in England with divisions full of semi-pros/part timers.
H.Cornerstone
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I am 100% confident Art Briles will get show cause and never coach D1 again
Asking a place full of administrators primarily focused on covering their own asses to investigate and prosecute this stuff is insanity. The incentives just do not line up.
A-freaking-men. The core issue is that you're asking the most spineless, cowardly, selfish and corrupt group of individuals outside of FIFA to investigate this stuff. These people run modern fucking gladiator pits, ffs.
SolidSnakex
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I read that and i'm not at all surprised. Baylor wanted to become a football powerhouse and Briles was putting them on target to do that, so they were going to attempt to protect that at all costs. A hugely successful football program is going to be more important than anything else to many schools.
Mattlikewhoa
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You would think so... but then again, we are talking about the NCAA...
Pristine_Condition
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From the official statement regarding the report:
Football coaches and staff took affirmative steps to maintain internal control over discipline of players and to actively divert cases from the student conduct or criminal processes.
In some cases, football coaches and staff had inappropriate involvement in disciplinary and criminal matters...
Wow. They knew about crimes and actively covered them up rather than report them to police.
Baylor was still on NCAA probation as late as 2010 for the Patrick Dennehy MURDER cover-up scandal that rocked their basketball program. You'd figure Baylor athletics would go "hey, maybe we shouldn't cover up serious crimes like rape and murder anymore..." but obviously, that never happened. Seriously, this is like some organized crime kinda shit in that athletic department.
Football coaches and staff took affirmative steps to maintain internal control over discipline of players and to actively divert cases from the student conduct or criminal processes.
In some cases, football coaches and staff had inappropriate involvement in disciplinary and criminal matters...
Wow. They knew about crimes and actively covered them up rather than report them to police.
Baylor was still on NCAA probation as late as 2010 for the Patrick Dennehy MURDER cover-up scandal that rocked their basketball program. You'd figure Baylor athletics would go "hey, maybe we shouldn't cover up serious crimes like rape and murder anymore..." but obviously, that never happened. Seriously, this is like some organized crime kinda shit in that athletic department.
Violence Jack
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Retaliated.
Burn it all down.
Holy shit. Goodbye Baylor football. Disgusting.
Netherscourge
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Retaliated.
Burn it all down.
Agreed.
I hope the rape victims sue that college into the fucking ground.
Everyone should be brought to trial - the rapists and the assholes who covered it up.
Take away Baylor's sports scholarships and all NCAA eligibility - PERMANENTLY.
Saren is Bad
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Ashamed to have gone to Baylor
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