re: Mizzou Admits They F*cked Up Sexual Assault Case of Student Athlete

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The finding of the report was specifically that Missouri failed to institute effective policies for handling reports and investigations of sexual assaults.

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Yes it does. Given the circumstances of this case, I would have a hard time imagining most schools would have procedures in place and staff trained to handle this kind of outlier situation, but you are correct.

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The fact that the report could not, definitively, ascribe wrongdoing (or knowledge) to Anderson in particular does not absolve either Anderson or Missouri.

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It does not absolve Anderson, but let's make it clear that per Sasha's diary, Anderson was not made aware that it was a football player, it was well over a year since the incident, and Sasha was being hospitalized at the time. It's easy to make Anderson a monster, but the reality of the situation is that for Anderson, who wasn't asked for help by Sasha, to notify the University thereby launching an investigation would have violated Sasha's trust and would have made things worse for a girl dealing with a very tough situation. Yes, maybe she was required to report it if she knew, but that wouldn't have been in the best interest of Sasha. I think MOST people would have put Sasha's interest before protocol in a situation like this.

To lump the University in there is a bit of a stretch - you can point to "policies and procedures" but beyond that you are reaching.

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The tone and tenor of this thread was to consider this report an unequivocal rejection of the implication of a failure by Missouri. I took exception to that, based on what is contained within the report.

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The University did not handle everything perfectly, but given the facts of this case, to be overly concerned with placing blame on the University misguided. How exactly do you think the University should have handled what?