NCAA should make an example of Baylor level Penn S

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NCAA should make an example of Baylor level Penn S

Pretend that every bit ofthe NCAA's sanctions against Mike Soroka Jersey Penn State in 2012held up.We're not talking about the allegations by Jerry Sandusky's victims; this is about the stuff that eventually forced the NCAA to settle with Penn State specifically, between the NCAA and Louis Freeh, and the "take this or else" way on the consent decree.Just a sume that the NCAA went about it the right way that the scholarship rollbacks (from 25 to 15 a year), the roster reduction (85 to 65), the bowl ban (four years), the vacated wins (112), the fine ($60 million to child sex abuse prevention programs) and the transfer relaxations in a way that'd hold up in court.MORE: Why, exactly, shouldn't that be thetemplate the NCAA applies toBaylor?We found out on Monday that, despite the school's best efforts to convince us otherwise, the problem of sexual violence against women, and , doesn't seem to be limited to the football program.From The A sociated Pre s:Investigators with the Pepper Hamilton law firm who dug into Baylor's response to sexual a Babe Ruth Jersey sault claims determined the school's rigid approach to drugs, alcohol and sex and "perceived judgmental responses" to victims who reported being raped "created barriers" to reporting a saults. Some women faced the prospect of their family being notified."A number of victims were told that if they made a report of rape, their parents would be informed of the details of where they were and what they were doing," said Chad Dunn, a Houston attorney who represents six women who have sued Baylor under the anonymous identification of Jane Doe.Eight women are suing Baylor in three federal courts. Two of them say "they were pushed to accept alcohol conduct violations when they reported their a saults, or feared sexual conduct violations if they did." Some say they were grilled about their sexual history. Others say the school threatened to tell their parents where they were and what they were doing when the a saults occurred.Where, in spirit, does all this differ from Penn State? Members of the football programsdoubled as sexual abusers. The administration, tacitly or not, enabled it.MORE: The main differentiation point, right now, seems to be thatBaylor's toxic culture was even more widespread than Penn State's. (.) Greg Maddux Jersey This isn't who, it should be noted, continues to horrify. The Baylor allegations implyafailure to apply the law and protect students that go, somehow,far beyond that. We already knew that Baylor shielded football players at the expense of the women they abused;Monday's report shows that it's even more institutionalized than we thought.So, when (or if) the sanctions drop, they should be unsparing. and ex-president have already paid the price. That isn't enough; it's just as important to make an example of Baylor, because dollars to donuts, it'sa lot more common.It's easy for schools to Scott Kazmir Jersey look at and remove themselves "Wow, that couldn't happen here, and if it did, we'd do the right thing." Bungling sexual-a sault reports, though? Especially at religiously affiliated schools with Puritanical bans on alcohol and sex? That's going to hit home more closely.MORE: Maybe the NCAA gets trigger-shy after the PSU debacle and really,the smart money should probably go there, because the ends didn't justify the means, in a legal sense.But if you think the NCAA, back in 2012, tried to do the right thing that it tried to show how vital it is todoright by victims of sexual violence you should be rooting for more scholarship reductions, more bowl bans and, most of all, another fine.Fear is a powerful motivator. It'd be great to seeany school with so much as an iota of Baylor behavior in their playbookcome away terrified.So,cro s your fingers and hope one of the most powerfully incompetent governing bodies on the planet doesn't screw it up.Or, even better, that the court system handles busine s before the NCAA has a chance to blow it. Josh Tomlin Jersey Actually, yeah, let's root for that.
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