The System: The Glory and Scandal of Big-Time College Football,

DWash

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"Too many tutors were having sex with the athletes, and really filthy conversations were going on between players and girls. It was a sexually charged environment. It was a joke – the whole tutorial situation."

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College guys and girls having sex?

And filthy talk? Shame on y'all. Jeez, the freaking prosecuting attorney is more embarrassing to COMO than the fact that some athletes are hooking up. Seriously? We are worried about filthy conversation? Don't know why, because I never watched the whole movie but I just had flashes of Footloose after those comments.

The Washington thing isn't fair and is a cheap shot. You can't stop dumb asses from committing crimes and once he did, his arse was gone. If it wasn't a tutor it would have been some other girl. Just the nature of those kind of guys.

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posted this on the rant this morning

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Sorry, I missed that.

And Reedus, I agree with you. How are you supposed to stop consenting kids from having sex?? This is a hit piece, pure and simple, and that prosecuting attorney should have kept her mouth shut. What purpose does it serve to bash Mizzou over this case? The AD did nothing wrong.

I disagree. The DWash thing is compounded by the Michael Dixon thing. Wasn't Dixon's first assault at Mizzou on one of the tutors?

There's enough smoke here to suggest that there's a fire that is a little bigger than "college kids being college kids."

And while there was very credible evidence Dixon had committed a crime, he wasn't gone. Not even close. I'm going to side with the attorney here. Heck, she may know of some other smoke around the program. Other girls who wouldn't press charges. I'm not letting the alma mater off the hook on this one. If the author of this book would have put the Dixon saga in this pericope, it would've looked much worse for the University but may have been much more accurate and contextual.

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The DWash thing is compounded by the Michael Dixon thing. Wasn't Dixon's first assault at Mizzou on one of the tutors?

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Yes, that was the rumor - Dixon assaulted the tutor that was Washington's "girlfriend" after DWash was gone.

But still, I see a clear line between consensual acts and sexual assault. In a perfect world, no the tutors wouldn't be involved with athletes. But short of following the tutors around and monitoring their social lives, what is the AD supposed to do? If they find out, I guess they could fire the tutors. And obviously throw the book at any sexual assault. The Dixon thing was terrible, and we all agree on that. But I'm just sure what the AD was supposed to do in this situation.

In the Dixon situation, he should have been gone with a credible rape allegation. We sent NWC and Bull packing because they were mediocre players. I'd say a credible rape allegation is a good enough reason to send someone down the line as well.

I see a clear line between consensual sex and non-consensual, as well. DWash and Dixon didn't. Are there others we don't know about and the COMO prosecutor does? It wouldn't surprise me one bit. And that's quite unfortunate.

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In the Dixon situation, he should have been gone with a credible rape allegation.

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Yes, he should have. No question. DWash and Dixon were both apparently suffering from that entitlement delusion that some athletes have. It's a shame the girl was too intimidated to press charges.

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Are there others we don't know about and the COMO prosecutor does? It wouldn't surprise me one bit. And that's quite unfortunate

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No doubt. I guess this hit piece just frustrates me because it makes it sound as if the department condones this behavior. I don't believe that's the case.

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You got the name on you. Wear it well, AD.

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True.

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Well the department knows there's an issue there. They have known it for years. And they haven't made public appreciable changes. That's not good.

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But what exactly should they make public? They can't exactly make it public that there's an issue with sexual assaults in the program without sending reporters digging for info about the victims, and that's a big no-no. The tutoring program has generated great results - we are all excited and proud about our athletes' academic achievements. So, if they reviewed rules and procedures internally, provided training and reinforced the need for a respectful, professional environment - which is what Alden said today - does that need to be public?

Alen was asked about it today at a luncheon in KC. I paraphrased from what I remembered. Here's the quote...

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“When this issue came up in 2010, there were some comments that were made about that,” Alden said. “I know we reviewed that at that time and found that overall, our mentoring and tutoring program is well run. Again, I think it’s important that if issues arise, you look into them. But at least what we have seen, it’s been a positive environment, a positive culture. That’s what we have seen.”

When asked what changes had been made, Alden said: “It was probably just more of a reinforcement of being respectful to one another and making sure we don’t establish any level of personal relationships when we’re working together. … (It) was more just emphasizing what we had frankly already been doing, but just making sure that we’re raising that awareness.”

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And the article...
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Why are people getting upset about a story that didn't involve any investigating or interviewing of actual AD employees or players that have gone through the program?

To call this piece biased or slanted is laughable as those go nowhere near far enough describing the lack of real journalism in this piece.