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historian said:
Fire the BOR.
They seem to have been the source of all the problems from the beginning (& they certainly amplified them through the course of this entire episode). They also destroyed the career of a good man. When all this broke, CAB said he was the scapegoat, now it seems Baylor is admitting that.
What a sad legacy for a "Christian university"!!
You need to read that letter closer. It says no such thing.
It basically says no one came to him directly and was turned away. That is it.
We have been labeled Rape U because of the players he allowed on our campus and went out of his way to shield from investigation. They had their own system of justice against school & Title IX rules.
He insulated himself and was the last to know - he was the Sgt Shultz of P5 head coaches with fixers putting very long hours.
Briles never directly or indirectly covered up rape. I would also have to say that it is pretty commonplace for college football coaches to have the same setup that Briles had at Baylor.
Briles never covered up rape. I don't like that wording at all even indirectly. It is too harsh and the letter helps end that.
A more appropriate wording would be "shielded players from investigation of accusations" - much softer but still enough to justify a termination
Alright. Briles never shielded players from investigation of rape accusations. Directly or indirectly.
"Importantly, Shillinglaw was also integrally involved with player discipline in a football program that became a disciplinary black hole. When Coach Briles, Shillinglaw or others were 4 alerted to misconduct, they routinely did not report these incidents to University officials outside the football program (these officials outside the football program worked in the Office of Judicial Affairs, which is responsible for investigating and administering student discipline, and the Title IX Office, which in November 2014 assumed responsibility for investigating allegations of physical and sexual assault). Briles, Shillinglaw, and others set up a structure within football that often insulated Briles from knowing about misconduct. In those circumstances when information about acts of misconduct bubbled its way up to him, Briles encouraged Shillinglaw and others on his staff to keep the problems internal to the program and not alert other campus authorities. For example, when confronted with allegations of a gang rape against some of his players, Briles made no real attempt to determine if his players were responsible, to report them to authorities outside the Athletics Department or to make sure his players were punished, if warranted. "
That allegation had already been sent up the chain of command before Briles heard it. He never spoke to her directly and his advice was to go to the police. I thought I read somewhere that those players were not even on the team anymore. This young lady didn't come forward with the complaint until 9-12 months after the incident.
The Sgt Shultz defense does not hold water :
"Pepper Hamilton found no evidence that anyone, including Coach Briles, notified Judicial Affairs, BUPD, or anyone else outside of Athletics of the allegation. If someone had called or visited Judicial Affairs it would be reflected in its records because
Judicial Affairs logs each call and visit. It also sends out internal email notifications about any alleged Title IX or Honor Code violation. Recent follow-up inquiries found no records showing that anyone McCaw, Coach Briles, the other coach, or any other member of the Athletics Department reported the 2013 allegation to Judicial Affairs,
When initially interviewed by Pepper Hamilton, Coach Briles said he recalled only "bits and pieces" of the gang rape allegation. In follow-up interviews, Coach Briles said he did not remember meeting the coach but recalled hearing about the victim because she had been in his office about another incident. Later, Coach Briles, the victim's coach, and McCaw each blamed a lack of clear University guidelines for not reporting the incident to Judicial Affairs.
Pepper Hamilton concluded that a number of factors had contributed to the code of silence within football. Those factors included the absence of a full-time Title IX Coordinator prior to November 2014, unclear reporting procedures, and inadequate Title IX training for Athletics Department personnel. However,
Pepper Hamilton also concluded that Coach Briles and McCaw knew that Judicial Affairs had jurisdiction for investigating sexual assaults. Indeed, on April 23, 2013 the very same day Coach Briles learned about the student-athlete's account of being gang raped he was forwarded a letter stating that Judicial Affairs had investigated and cleared another one of his players of sexual assault allegations. "
