Daily: AD Aware of Gibbons Decision 12/19
According to a Michigan Daily report, including information confirmed by Dave Ablauf via a phone interview, Brendan Gibbons met with Athletic Department officials and faxed a letter waiving his rights to appeal his expulsion from a Schembechler Hall fax machine on December 19th. Four days later, Brady Hoke announced Gibbons would miss the bowl game for a "family matter."
http://michigandaily.com/article/gibbons-document-faxed-athletic-depart…
"At the latest, the Athletic Department was made aware of the permanent separation on Dec. 19, 2013, and it is unclear whether the football program or Michigan coach Brady Hoke were aware of the Office of Institutional Equity’s earlier finding that Gibbons was responsible for sexual misconduct. The Office of Student Conflict Resolution notified Gibbons on Dec. 19 that he would be permanently separated from the University.
“December 19 is whenever the letter was sent and the kid came to talk with the Athletic Department,” said Athletic Department spokesman Dave Ablauf in a phone interview with the Daily on Wednesday.
He later added: “That could have been the time that Brendan Gibbons talked to coach Hoke.”
Gibbons’ separation stems from an incident on Nov. 22, 2009, according to documents. This corresponds with previous media reports that Ann Arbor Police carried out an investigation of a Michigan football player related to an incident on that date.
The document was sent at 4:02 p.m. on Dec.19 from a fax number associated with the football program. Gibbons signed the document, waiving his right to appeal the sanction. It’s not clear from the markings on the document who received the fax transmission.
The letter was faxed from the offices of the football program four days before Hoke told reporters at a Dec. 23 press conference that Gibbons would not travel to the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl in Tempe, Ariz. due to a “family matter.” It’s not clear whether Hoke was involved in the Dec. 19 meeting described by Ablauf."
January 31st, 2014 at 9:13 AM ^
A violation of FERPA is not a felony.
January 31st, 2014 at 1:29 AM ^
The company where I work has a software package that monitors who accesses any protected or confidential files, and what they do while they're there. It makes it much easier to investigate misconduct.
January 30th, 2014 at 10:06 PM ^
January 30th, 2014 at 10:09 PM ^
January 30th, 2014 at 10:09 PM ^
Hoke gave a vague answer on Gibbons status. Pretty much all coaches do regardless of the situation. If people think Hoke is going to say "Gibbons was expelled for a sexual assault he was accused of in 2009", you're delusional. He was in Florida with family when he got the letter. So it can be labeled as a family issue since he is dealing with it with his family.
Dantonio gave a vague "violation of team rules" or something like that on Bullough, and we still have no idea what he did to essentially get kicked off the team by missing the Rose Bowl. In fact recently Dantonio said about Bullough playing in the East/West Senior Bowl that he has talked to him numerous times since, says he is a Spartan forever, and hopes that he attends their MSU banquet.
January 30th, 2014 at 11:37 PM ^
Coaches give vague answers on things like injuries. But on an explusion for sexual assault? Sorry, but that's not apples to apples.
January 30th, 2014 at 11:45 PM ^
No, they're much more vague on the latter, because there's legal liability in play.
There are plenty of these cases around--pick one at another school, follow it, see if it plays out any differently.
January 31st, 2014 at 2:05 AM ^
Max Bullough at Michigan State wasn't injury related.
January 31st, 2014 at 1:52 PM ^
Great. You cherry-picked an egregious example from down the road. Why should I care?
January 30th, 2014 at 10:13 PM ^
January 30th, 2014 at 11:19 PM ^
as it is not their right to tell everyone. The football team didn't expel Gibbons. It was done by an entity outside of the AD. So, it's not Hoke or Brandon's place to announce what happened...because they didn't make that decision. And that's without even mentioning how FERPA relates to this whole thing.
January 30th, 2014 at 10:13 PM ^
What would Bo or Lloyd have said? Probably nothing.
January 30th, 2014 at 11:28 PM ^
i think bo would have kicked gibbons off the team 4 years ago. lloyd, i'm not so sure.
January 30th, 2014 at 10:19 PM ^
So now the bedwetters and trolls are reduced to splitting hairs about the way Hoke characterized the situation, since their cover up conspiracies have been rendered as nonsense.
This whole thing is fizzling even faster than I thought it would.
January 30th, 2014 at 10:36 PM ^
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January 30th, 2014 at 10:22 PM ^
Theres a game on
January 30th, 2014 at 10:24 PM ^
January 30th, 2014 at 10:23 PM ^
I read the whole article, but I don't see where the scandal is. I know the OP does not like him or Brandon, but there is nothing here.
January 30th, 2014 at 10:26 PM ^
Have a look at the OP's posting history. Wonder what the agenda might be. Certainly not supporting Michigan.
January 30th, 2014 at 11:32 PM ^
January 31st, 2014 at 1:51 AM ^
January 31st, 2014 at 2:35 AM ^
Please go on about my "agenda." Because I'd sure as hell like to know what it is.
January 31st, 2014 at 6:38 AM ^
Your agenda is running down Michigan.
You've made dozens of posts recently trying to put the whole Gibbons situation in the worst possible light while calling Hoke a liar.
You criticized the hiring of the new president.
You told us the Woody Hayes punch was taken out of context.
You make references to Dantonio, MSU, and how you admire them.
There is little of substance that is positive
It's all wrapped in the because-I-love-Michigan backdrop, but all anyone has to do is scan your history to see that you are consistenly critical and negative.
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January 31st, 2014 at 9:35 AM ^
You've got a lot of time on your hands, apparently. And a great sense of imagination.
January 31st, 2014 at 9:40 AM ^
The kind of boilerplate dismissal I'd expect when you're nailed with specifics.
Not a lot of time or any imagination involved on my part. I clicked your user name and it took about three minutes to see your MO. And it's all right there, so if you claim to not have said any of that, who's lying now?
January 31st, 2014 at 9:51 AM ^
I'm a proud Michigan alum who believes in expecting more out of my university than wins and losses. If that makes you think I have an "agenda," or that I'm not a Michigan fan, that's on you, not me.
Go Blue. I'm done with you.
January 31st, 2014 at 6:50 AM ^
I don't doubt that you're a Michigan fan in general, but it sure seems like you have an ax to grind against Brandon and Hoke. When the news broke a couple days ago, you drew the worst possible conclusion against them, claiming (pretty stridently at that) that they had conspired to cover up a rape. That was not a conclusion most fair-minded people would draw.
January 31st, 2014 at 6:57 AM ^
How has the possiblity that Hoke and Brandon conspired to cover up a rape been eliminated from possibilty? There's nothing in the record yet that tells us they didn't.
They probably didn't from where I sit, but it's still a possiblity on this record. And it's not like they took a single proactive step in this whole sordid episode. If the Gibbons papers hadn't leaked, we wouldn't have heard a thing about any of this.
January 30th, 2014 at 10:27 PM ^
January 30th, 2014 at 10:29 PM ^
Amazed by how many people feel they have a "right" to answers about anything reported in today's society. I keep seeing statements of disgust and outrage that somehow these facts have not been discussed in detail down to the date/time/location and weather conditions in a second by second detail.
Based upon this story and a few other statements it appears that Gibbons was suspended upon notification of seperation by a disciplinary committee which I am glad that would not have input from the AD or coach. Given the initial investigation and findings from a police investigation, and the fact that no further actions were taken until this new policy implementation, I am not sure what more people expect.
It surely does not look like any case of cover-up or outright deception on the part of anyone. Calling it a suspension, removal, family issue, etc can be debated at length, but I am not sure why anyone believes they are owed an explanation.
To me, the only individual that should have any outrage is the victim of the case and her family.
January 30th, 2014 at 10:51 PM ^
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January 31st, 2014 at 12:02 AM ^
The Daily is clinging to this story. The original article got an insane amount of page views so I imagine they're going to ride this horse till its dead. Then start beating it.
January 30th, 2014 at 10:52 PM ^
January 30th, 2014 at 11:03 PM ^
Leakers aren't the problem. Leakers play a valuable role, especially when leaking information the public deserves to know. This isn't a Snowden situation. Nobody got hurt. Instead, we learned something we should have known a while ago -- that our kicker was expelled for sexual misconduct.
January 30th, 2014 at 11:36 PM ^
January 30th, 2014 at 11:07 PM ^
It doesn't look like the AD really did anything wrong.
January 30th, 2014 at 11:09 PM ^
January 30th, 2014 at 11:12 PM ^
If there's anything to learn from this, keep your daughters away from football players. But to say anyone did anything wrong other than Gibbons is just beauty shop banter.
January 30th, 2014 at 11:44 PM ^
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January 30th, 2014 at 11:15 PM ^
Faxes send out printed receipts that accompany the actual document that is faxed. It is HIGHLY likely that the information stating the fax was sent from the Athletic Department offfices at 4:02 pm on the 19th was so precise because this information was provided by that very receipt that accompanied the received document. That receipt from the University office that received the fax was likely provided to a Daily reporter along with a description, or copy, of the document that was received (Gibbons' signature refusing his right to appeal his expulsion).
I HIGHLY doubt anyone in the Athletic Department went through fax records (that may already be deleted anyways, by the fax machine.. no conspiracy) and either knew exactly what was contained in the document that was faxed at that time or magically conjured a vivid imagination and gave this info to The Daily. This would also explain Ablauf's unwillingness to question the fax having been sent by Gibbons from that location at that time (as he may have been questioned and shown a copy of the receipt by the reporter seeking a statement) but instead offering a possible scenario as to the events that unfolded rather than admitting that Gibbons' legal team was practically the AD's office.
January 30th, 2014 at 11:30 PM ^
January 31st, 2014 at 8:12 AM ^
Twitter.
January 31st, 2014 at 9:17 AM ^
"...rather than admitting that Gibbons' legal team was practically the AD's office."
LOLwut? Why should someone 'admit" such a bizarre thing?
Gibbons would have faxed the waiver of appeal from the Athletic department offices because he likely wouldn't have known of any other place that still had a fax machine.