How are they supposed to keep it out of the press? Maybe I'm missing something here, but once I read the report it was obvious the school had to suspend these guys. They're football players and someone is going to notice they're missing,right? Title IX, the school's code of ethics, and common decency all required the school to take action. The school had no choice.
I agree that they had to take action, but they had choices. One very clear choice - they could have waited two more weeks to do this. They waited all season. If this happens after their bowl season is over, no one notices and no one cares.
Ok, I see your point. However, even if the two weeks are waited, the guys still get burned, just not as badly. I don't know how long the school took to complete the investigation.
If they are guilty of sexual assault, they are the ones that destroyed the lives-theirs and hers.
Wow how could they do this to a young lady even if she were not drunk and was encouraging them. It's disgusting. Some who have seen the video say she was an active participant but even if true I think they should be gone.
What I read is they looked at the video and it looked like she was an active participant. My only thing is even if true. What if this were your daughter?
That is what was said at the time. As I said in an earlier post, based on my experience as a military and state prosecutor, the prosecuting attorney's decision not to prosecute is not a finding of innocence.
I think I'd be more disappointed in my daughter than mad at the guys, that's if she was a willing partner in this. That is NOT sexual assault. That's two consenting adults, in this case several. You cannot punish the guys on that and to me that would mean Minnesota is overstepping their bounds.
Yeah, just wanted to know. Lack of evidence is killer because sometimes the victim covers the tracks too well and I hate that for the girl in this case if it is truly sexual assault. I have people that I know personally who were rape victims and nothing happened to the perp.
I am not saying they should necessarily go to jail, if she was completely willing, but they at the minimum violated the code of conduct. The peer pressure these athletes can exert is extraordinary. With that power comes responsibility. Reading her account she felt pressure each step of the way. I am saying they should get the punishment handed down.
The university looked at much more than just the video to reach the conclusion that her ability to consent was impaired.
Ok, I didn't know there was a guideline for how one should have sex. Very strange. But yeah if she felt pressured, I believe that is wrong. Still, did she at any point say no?
The burden isn't on her to say no. She has to clearly consent (and be unimpaired when she does so).
