Penn State scorn versus Michigan State scorn

She reviewed a report many years ago that cleared him in a university investigation, but she made no effort to look any further. It was the kind of report that you’d definitely want to look into further.

There’s also a very good case to be made that she led a cover-up culture.

 

As the man said ... OK, then.

 

MSU website announces she’s resigned.

 

Anger got the best of me.

But I think a strong “lack of institutional control” case can be made.

 

I sure can see that. Just as long as while extracting the pound of flesh, they don't barrel past the -- again -- collateral damage.

 

Justice delayed is justice denied!

 

Whatever lessons were intended to be taught to PSU through punishment did not work. They are as arrogant as ever. What messages were intended to be delievered because of Baylor and PennState were not read or understood either at those schools or the rest of collegiate athletics. No cultures were changed, no lessons learned, more people victimized, more money earned, more games on TV, more people in the stands.
Bob Ley is relegated to a 30 minutes show with 17 college sports games on at the same time. A few columnists devote intense thought into fewer columns that are read by even fewer people.
That cocksucking pimp of a trustee for Michigan State, why a reprehensible amoral jackass, was right, whatever happens they will just ride it out for a little while. It will all blow over and a cocktail party for the swell donors will be the event of the year around a Statue of Ole Sparty as the whisky flows and the comfort girls drape through the old leathery leches smelling of domican cigars and Axe.

Nothing will change. Ever.

 

Penn State should have died like SMU did. But they didn't, so there.

 

Baylor too.
Lousiville too.
Calipari, figuratively, too.

Nothing will change. Ever. If raping little boys or girls doesn’t change the way things are done, at the nuclear level, it’s all windowdressing on a whore house.

 

I take a broader view: Institutional corruption is virtually everywhere in America. This country is fucked.

 

This.

 

Every part of this, she could have handled better. Maybe she had 200 reports on her desk and she missed this one, and maybe she's not an actual monster involved in a cover up. But every other way she handled this was a joke. And it's obvious some of it was based on legal advice. You get your ass to the courtroom nearly every day. You apologize in person to as many of the victims as you can. You stand in front of the cameras and say "I am so angry, I don't even know where to begin, but I promise you, if anyone in my university enabled this cover up, they'll never work another day at MSU again." You do everything you can to show the 190 (!!!) victims that you failed them, and you want them to know you're aware you can never make it right, but you still want them to know you're sorry.

Instead, what did she do?

1. Said her schedule was too packed to attend all but one day of the trial.
2. Said no one made her aware of the situation, so she's not at fault.
3. Gave one tone deaf interview outside the courtroom.
4. Reached out to none of the victims, etc.
5. Seemingly was ok with a BOT member going on the radio and dismissing the incident as "this Nasser thing." Even if that occurred outside her control, you immediately condemn it.

Why didn't she do those things? Because they wanted limit liability.

HOLY FUCK, YOU'RE GETTING SUED ANYWAY. The idea that anything was going to limit MSU's liability here is insane.

I'm convinced that crisis management just isn't difficult.