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Dallas Morning News
Sharon Grigsby, Editorial Writer
As more and more staff members from Baylor’s disgraced football program land in nice new jobs and the “I knew nothing” head coach just wants to move on with his life, we must not forget what they were a part of:
When Baylor had no choice but to investigate reports of sexual assault in 2015, the final report damned the athletics department, saying it “hindered enforcement of rules and policies, and created a cultural perception that football was above the rules.” Not only did the football program use its own punishment system, its staffers in certain instances actively chose not to report sexual violence to anyone outside of the athletic department. In those cases, football coaches or staff met directly with the alleged victims and then did not report the misconduct. The actions were taken without regard to the safety and well-being of the rest of the campus community, the summary said.
How many cases Pepper Hamilton looked at to arrive at those conclusions last May is unknown. But regents told The Wall Street Journal in October that they were aware of 17 women who reported sexual or domestic assaults involving 19 players, including four alleged gang rapes, since 2011.
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