re: Tide Hoops | 31-6 (16-2)

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Yeah, I made the mistake of clicking on that link too. Think I got as far as "Crimson Criminals" and noped it right back out.

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For a university that repeatedly claims they have done nothing wrong, that they handled the rape accusations against three football players perfectly, SDSU officials surely act as if they have something to hide.

First, while President Adela de la Torre defended SDSU’s actions in an opinion piece as well as a letter to the editor of the San Diego Union Tribune, she twice refused to speak with journalists about this matter.

Before the Los Angeles Times broke the story on June 3, the reporters approached de la Torre for comment, and they were told no, the president would not speak with them: “A university spokeswoman said De la Torre was not available for interviews for this report.”

Then, on July 29, the LA Times printed the victim’s account of her rape, and once more: “A San Diego State spokeswoman said Friday that university President Adela de la Torre was not available for comment.”

To state the obvious, de la Torre is perfectly available when it comes to the Mission Valley project, Snapdragon Stadium, or expanding the Imperial Valley Campus. But a university president also has to confront bad news as well the good. It’s not all happy talk. And by refusing to speak to the press about this incident, she gives the impression that she’s avoiding hard questions, that she is neither accountable nor transparent.

SDSU gave further evidence that they were more interested in controlling the narrative than providing substantive answers when on Aug. 3, football coach Brady Hoke, during a Zoom call with media, vowed “full cooperation” with the investigation. After Hoke finished reading from his prepared script, a reporter asked, “Coming into this year, what steps are you taking to make sure that things like this aren’t happening this year with your players?”

Hoke started to answer, but then, he was interrupted by an Athletic Department media relations official, who reiterated that “as Coach mentioned, he cannot share any details at this time and I direct you to the public website providing information about the off-campus incident and the actions the university continues to take.”

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