Bumble Bee wrote:
From what I heard, Dantonio and Izzo had a combined 16 cases of players committing sexual assault and covering it up.
The punishment for one player was he had to tell his mom.
Um, are you fucking kidding me?
I guess the Nassar thing has brought this other stuff to light.
BS like that is why the ENTIRE school has to be punished. You don't get BS like this if EVERYONE, including the student body, is made to feel the sting of sanctions and consequences. Sorry, but sometimes collective punishment is indeed the answer. I think it's appropriate in this case.
It's obvious that at Michigan State, as well as the University of Michigan and other big league Division 1 schools, the student body tolerates a lot more from the elite athletes then would be tolerated in society generally. This is why I say the entire school should face the consequences. What those consequences are, probably adds up to criminal, civil as well as NCAA sanctions.
My personal recommendation would be the death penalty for the entire athletics department, as a way of sending a message to the others and encouraging them to do good and obey the rules in the future.
As with other state schools here in Michigan, Michigan State University is a public institution and the public should have a say in what is done with it. This was a monstrous, horrific crime, that was apparently tolerated as well as hidden by the school, from all available reports. There can be no light punishments as regards this tragedy.
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