OT: Tenn holds "we have a good culture, honest!" pep rally

It really sucks when you have to do something like this to restore your good name and reputation. Having an event like this only further highlights whats going on. Why bring more attention to it. Just let the media attention die on its own. (trust me it will)  

... there is nothing more infuriating to me than people in power who play the victim card.  

I don't get it. When accused of such things, programs bunker down and say "we're not so bad!" Nobody is saying that 100% of the athletic department players and staff are degenerate rapists with no ability to make correct decisions. 

What they should do is plan some conferences and meetings to gain an understanding of the problem. Bring in experts. Community members. School faculty. Athletic department members. Learn. Change. Grow. Improve. 

It's not that hard. I'm waiting for a coach and athletic department to have this as their intial response when accused and there's ample evidence suggesting there's a problem. 

I heard a segment on NPR about this on the way home last night. They played clips from the different coaches. They had 20+ coaches all repeating the same basic message, "Not all of our people are bad". The female basketball coach even had a line about "she wouldn't hesitate to send her daughter to Tennessee". Unfortunately for her, she had a pause during that statement which made it sound like she wasn't so sure about that. That same coach also communicated that they took things very seriously and even talked to the female athletes about being careful where you go by yourself after dark and make sure you know what parties you are going to". Given the goal they were trying to achieve, that comment certainly didnot help the national perception. If it was truly safe, they wouldn't need to talk to female students about these things.