Shouldn't be a school when this is all over. 

I've just about ran out of reactions at this point.

I have a parent who teaches at MSU and a sibling that went to COM. I can't imagine either of them will wear MSU gear for the foreseeable future.

Don't be surprised if the hammer comes in the form of indictments, not just lawsuits.

I have said it before and will in every post related to this subject.

DEATH.

PENALTY.

This just keeps getting worse and worse.

I'm sickened.  I have a niece who was in gymnastics from age 4 until 14 when she had to retire due to injury.  She was treated by Nassar, but thankfully my Sister-in-law never left her alone with him anytime they saw him, so she was never touched.

I also have a daughter, and the very thought of this whole thing just devastates my desire to believe in the innate goodness of people.

That entire system needs to be taken down, from the Board of Trustees to the trainers.  Burn that motherfucker to the ground.

Wow.  That is stunning.  Details are coming out like wildfire now and each time the "we didn't know about it" defense gets less and less credible.  And if in fact Title IX was violated (and it looks like that might have been an intentional violation - two versions of a report), I assume that is a major problem.

Can we kick them out of the Big Ten? And while we're at it take PSU with you. 

That place is rotten to the core.  I specifically forbid my 17 year old HS senior from even applying there.

Holy...  Well, between this and the OTL story, we know why Hollis just up and resigned.  I thought it would take another week, or two, before he made the choice.  I hope the indictments are on the way.  If you can't trust medical doctors, let alone the administrators and coaches you send your kids off to, then you can't trust anyone.

I'd like to see an example made of this, and not the lame retraction PSU recieved or the BS Baylor never had to endure.  This is just as disgusting as those cases were, only a helluva lot bigger.

Makes the SMU death penalty seem like some egregious overkill for writing a few checks...

So they either didn't report, or on the off occasion that they did, they falsified the report (or so it seems) in what would seem to be an attempt to get the victim to walk away.  OK, got it.

I am starting to wonder how many more victims are out there, and not just Nassar victims.  How many other cases of assault have been lost, falsified, ignored through the years?  I fear it is not an insignificant number.

Please let justice win the war with anyone deserving punishment, and I am not talking retirements, and resignations.

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but I think this is nothing less than the equivalent of obstruction of justice.

Suddenly that only vote we had to keep them out of our conference ain't looking too shabby

This seems like the worst one yet. A purposeful Title IX violation could jeopardize the entire university.

Lawsuit is a slam dunk now, especially for every victim after 2014.  There's your criminal exposure for the administrators.

for Michigan State here are obvious, and I won't repeat what many others have said. I agree with them.

Maybe less obvious is that right now, every school, every church, every company, every organization needs to be taking a VERY hard look at these items:

1. What kind of policy do you have about sexual abuse, both of minors and adults?

2. How do you communicate it? Is it clear and obvious what the responsibility of every person, including managers, directors and above are whenever they get any report of abuse/harassment, etc? Who do they report it to? Is it clear that when someone is reporting a CRIME that you call the police NOW? Is it written in HR legalese, or words that every person can understand?  1. Call the cops. NOW! 2. Inform your manager. NOW! 3. Hide NOTHING, and speak the truth. it's not your job to determine guilt or innocence, that's for the police.

3. How often do you communicate it? Sticking it on a website doesn't get it done. Putting in a once a year CYA training deck doesn't get it done. 

Clear policies, clearly communicated, and oft-repeated. That's what is going to stop guys like Nassar as early as you possibly can (most important) and make your organization one that you can be proud to be a part of, because everybody has the interest of potential victims at heart.

No matter where you are in an organization, top, middle or bottom, I say: Push it now.

     Rob