The larger point was the fact that this is the football culture that caused the problems at Penn State and this appears to be the same thing. DuBose was simply an example. OBVIOUSLY adultery and rape are light years away in terms of lethal/criminal outcomes - although since DuBose was a state employee and it was determined to "really" be sexual harrassment (why did he pay her if it wasn't?), that opens up another whole can of worms.
Tallahassee PD appears to have "known" how this "should have" come out. Not throwing in Tuscaloosa PD here, but I am saying our ptb did not handle that situation with clean hands, either.
I made clear the parallel was NOT precise. And at least in our case, we have shown in subsequent cases (Price with adultery and the four thugs kicked off the team last year) a better commitment to law and order.
I have to take some issue with this, Bill. I had a good bit of insight into the situation at that time, with a relative on the BOT and a close relative of a good friend on the board in addition. The problem was the highest levels of the PTB, if you want that to mean the BOT and the president were cut off from knowledge they should have had. The AD acted on his own. He kept most of the facts to himself and it infuriated the BOT. That led to the creation of the "athletic oversight committee" on the BOT, which was basically the board members interested in athletics. They still do not micro-manage. For example, in the Price situation, most of the BOT probably wanted him retained, at least for a year, but Dr. Witt took his stand, with his job on the line. If I have a complaint about the BOT now, it's that one man has come to have too much control. However, the good side is that he's absolutely paranoid about NCAA troubles and he's still not a micro-manager, so the AD and the HCs are left to do their jobs. To revert to the original point, it wasn't a case at all of the top level of the PTB being involved. If the NCAA had felt they were, they would have charged us with LOIC, which they did not. It was not SMU all over again. My relative said to me,
after finding out that Dubose had been extended, "Earle, he made it look like it was all about wins and losses." I feel comfortable that those circumstances will not be repeated, at least not anytime soon. It's still a better BOT, with less politics, than the BOT across the state...