The MSU Dam is Breaking - Trustee Calls on Simon to Resign
Mates,
I know we've been following this closely, moreso b/c its MSU, but maybe Simon isn't going to survive this after all. Per a just-released article on ESPN, MSU board member Mitch Lyons said:
"I do not agree with our statement of support for President Simon," Lyons said. "As I expressed repeatedly to fellow board members during our discussion Friday, I don't feel that President Simon can survive the public outcry that has been generated by this tragedy and even less so after hearing the testimony of these brave survivors of Larry Nassar's abuse. I feel that our best recourse is for President Simon to resign immediately."
The first victim to disclose this abuse had this to add:
"No one at Michigan State has listened since 1997, and still no one is listening. It leaves me so concerned for that campus and for little girls everywhere. If they are unwilling to listen, this is not going to change."
Maybe some more heads will roll. Seems like a lot of people should be out of a job and looking for defense counsel on this.
Link to article here:http://www.espn.com/olympics/gymnastics/story/_/id/22163858/michigan-st…
Bad Ju-Ju all the way around. Perhaps justice is headed to MSU.
XM
January 20th, 2018 at 11:06 PM ^
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Lyons was just arrested for assault and battery, I hope he is doing the right thing, and not just looking for some good PR by opposing Simon.
January 21st, 2018 at 9:25 AM ^
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Thank God they have at least one sane trustee.
As an example of perhaps the dominant thought pattern, in March 2017, Trustee Joel Ferguson said MSU will "look great" in the Nassar sexual abuse investigation.
https://www.wxyz.com/news/local-news/investigations/trustee-msu-will-look-great-in-nassar-gynmastics-scandal-investigation
January 20th, 2018 at 11:14 PM ^
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"Sane" is maybe stretching it. Lyons is the guy who leaked the MSU football sexual assault whistleblower's identity. Also facing misdemeanor assault charges from last year.
And is also not running in the fall, because the state GOP would really rather not have these two running anymore.
I mean, credit for the statement, but it was a seriously low bar.
January 21st, 2018 at 1:56 AM ^
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He's not running.
January 21st, 2018 at 8:34 AM ^
Their board was literally meeting during the victim impact statements to support Simon (while claiming they were listening to the victims). It takes a very rare institution to make Lyons look good.
January 21st, 2018 at 1:31 PM ^
Even their trustees get roid rage? Jesus.
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https://theathletic.com/215955/2018/01/19/survivors-of-larry-nassars-se…
MSU's leadership needs to be launched into Neptune.
Boyce, however, is no longer holding out hope that MSU president Lou Anna Simon will be on hand to witness her testimony. Boyce said she introduced herself to Simon during the president’s brief appearance in court on Wednesday and asked her for a personal favor. I would really like for you to come when I give my statement, she told Simon. I want you to hear it in person. “And she said, ‘Depends,' ” Boyce recalled in an interview with The Athletic on Thursday. “ 'I don't know if I can fit it into my schedule.'
Lemke (the Spartan gymnast who confronted Simon), all 5-foot-1 of her, ended her gripping testimony with a fiery warning: “Larry, I hope you, Lou Anna Simon, Kathie Klages, John Geddert and all of USAG are scared,” Lemke said. “Because you have pissed off the wrong army of women.” This no longer seems to be about simply finding peace and healing. The residual anger was palpable from many who addressed the courtroom on Thursday. These women want consequences and accountability. Several levied indictments toward Michigan State and decried the university’s lack of action. People were told, complaints were filed, and yet Nassar was allowed to continue. Why?
The more you hear about this story, the more you want to burn MSU to the ground. And I would say the same for Michigan if we are ever 1/10th as awful as MSU is being right now in a similar situation. The only upside here is that there's some hope for the future when you see 21 year old girls ovarying up and showing the intergrity and character that the supposed leaders at their school so utterly lack.
January 21st, 2018 at 10:27 AM ^
be listening to the statements online because she doesn't want to be a distraction? What the hell does she need to know about her schedule?
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January 21st, 2018 at 5:31 AM ^
“But yea I prolly could've used better judgment but whatever shit happens”
Yeah, you could’ve used better judgement but this shit should never happen and that starts by not undermining the discussion so you can talk about football. I’m sorry if this seems dickish but man was that really poor form.
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January 20th, 2018 at 11:22 PM ^
so was it majority vote in favor of simon by the board of trustees?
January 20th, 2018 at 11:29 PM ^
That's the implication, but the meeting wasn't public so we have no idea on the breakdown.
January 20th, 2018 at 11:55 PM ^
Breslin saying it was unanimous yesterday. And they are really hammering that "no official believed Nassar committed sexual abuse" line like it's exonerating when it's just absolutely damning.
January 21st, 2018 at 12:22 AM ^
how tonedeaf are the rest of those trustees? why make this stand?
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I don't see very much grace in his future from them. He says she should resign because she'll never outlast the public outcry. That's a long way from saying she - and the BoT - botched the entire ordeal - which is closer to where the truth resides.
If I were one of the abused, I would not settle for a resignation based on public outcry. I'd probably call him out on it, actually...
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It's crazy that brainwashing really works, especially on women.
January 21st, 2018 at 8:35 AM ^
Care to explain what "brainwashing" you're talking about?
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January 20th, 2018 at 11:52 PM ^
And I have newfound respect for the majority of MSU students and fans who justifiably want their president to DIAF and I can only hope every other school in the country, Michigan included, takes heed of this farce and proactively makes sure they don't become the next Penn State or MSU because there will absolutely be another predator lurking at another university and I don't want him to rape any more kids because some other university official tried to keep things on the down-low.
January 21st, 2018 at 12:18 AM ^
Oh the majority of people are fine and justifiably angry at this situation, but I've seen a good amount of poorly disguised glee that boils down to "a bad thing happened to our rival and they look bad." If this exact scenario played out at, like, EMU, there would not be this many posts on the blog about how bad the school's administration looks, how all their board members and coaches and trustees are cowards, etc. etc.
January 21st, 2018 at 12:36 AM ^
There were lots of threads about the Baylor cases. And it's hard to compare because there's just so much news about it this week with all of the victim statements and reactions to the victim statements.
January 20th, 2018 at 11:52 PM ^
This is more about them denying anything and pushing blame off themselves. I enjoy it when anyone gets caught in a lie, doubles down on their story, and is burned for it. One of the first victims came forward in 97 and they're still saying yah we did all we could. It is disgusting that the most prominent member of their AD, Tom Izzo, comes out and says about the Nassar case that he "hopes they got the right guy". Tone deaf, insular thinking at the highest levels of their AD and University leadership have put them into this situation. An MSU alum forwarded me an email statement that Simon penned yesterday and her approach to the situation still has not changed. Burn it down.
January 20th, 2018 at 11:45 PM ^
People need to stop giving credit to a guy currently being investigated for assault and battery AND who named the whistleblower who told Dantonio about the sexual assaults last year. He seems like an opportunistic piece of shit who 100% doesn't care about anything other than his own ass. And based on the current political climate in this country, he knew he was going lose election as a trustee as well.
Nobody in MSU's administration has done really anything commendable in this whole ordeal. People looking for silver linings are just going to find garbage.