CNN- "The NCAA has sent a letter of inquiry to Michigan State University regarding potential NCAA rules violations related to the assaults Larry Nassar perpetrated against girls and young women, including some student-athletes at Michigan State," the NCAA said in a statement. It did not provide additional details.
Jason Cody, a spokesman for Michigan State, said the university is reviewing the letter for a response. University President Lou Anna Simon has come under fire for what critics say is mishandling of the scandal. Several victims said they reported Nassar's behavior to the university years ago, but that they were either silenced or officials did nothing to end the abuse. Larissa Boyce, a former youth club gymnast at MSU, is one of Nassar's first known accusers. Boyce said she alerted coach Kathie Klages about Nassar's abuse in 1997 but was told she probably didn't understand medical technique.
Full disclosure, I don't exactly know what role a 'Vice Chairman' plays within a university. What I do know is that his counterproductive, braindead defense that highlighted the out-of-whack priorities that were responsible for letting a predator do his hunting on campus is probably going to force Michigan State's president to resign. Therefore, I think it might be time to also review Joel Ferguson's status as a "trustee", because - as ignorantly intentioned as he may be - that accidental indictment waiting to happen is not a guy I would trust to look both ways before crossing the street, never mind covering my tracks. I believe the saying goes "it's better to shut the fuck up and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all reasonable doubt". Well, whatever doubt still remained that Michigan State wasn't treating this Larry Nassar investigation seriously enough got erased with one diabolical deflection that might as well have read "yeah, the misconduct is unfortunate, but....HOW ABOUT IZZO AND THE BOYS!". I'm no expert on the #MeToo movement, but - as I understand it - it's not boosted by profitable relationships with boosters. I haven't exactly spoken to the victims, but I don't think their testimonies were given in hopes of improving their alma mater's training facilities. It might just be a hunch, but cartwheeling right past the sexual assaults of multiple student gymnasts like it was a tidying-up topic at a PTO meeting just to talk some sports might not be the greatest of looks for the person whose only path to keeping her job is drastically reorganizing her responsibilities.
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