Harbaugh, others allegedly knew of misconduct accusations against former football player
https://www.michigandaily.com/section/football/mustapha-muhammad-allegations-sexual-misconduct-title-ix-investigation
"Muhammad said Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh, tight ends coach Sherrone Moore and former associate athletic director Greg Harden were aware of the claims against him."
"New reporting has revealed two more allegations against Muhammad, neither of which was reported to the University. The Daily also found that three Athletics Department employees and two football players allegedly knew about the allegations against Muhammad at the time of his transfer in the fall of 2019."
October 15th, 2020 at 8:46 PM ^
Well that ain't good.
October 16th, 2020 at 10:17 AM ^
No wonder Michael Scott hated Toby so bad.
October 15th, 2020 at 8:46 PM ^
OP’s name checks out.
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October 15th, 2020 at 8:51 PM ^
I’m really hating this trend in college athletics
October 16th, 2020 at 4:36 AM ^
What, shitty fans like you?
October 15th, 2020 at 8:52 PM ^
UH OH.
October 15th, 2020 at 8:54 PM ^
I kinda assumed the allegations were part of why he transferred. So of course the coaches would know.
October 15th, 2020 at 9:01 PM ^
I need someone to explain this to me like I am an idiot (and maybe I am) because I am not sure what I am supposed to be outraged about. That he wasn’t immediately, publicly kicked off the team?
October 15th, 2020 at 9:09 PM ^
I also wasn't aware the athletic department was judge, jury, and executioner. Go off though, outrage mob.
October 16th, 2020 at 12:08 AM ^
I wonder if you would post this if the word Harbaugh were replaced with Dantoni or Meyer...
October 16th, 2020 at 9:13 AM ^
I wouldn't. Which is why I personally never talked any smack about any other school losing players like this. In the grey area between allegation and (potential) conviction the best thing any coach can do is convince the player to go elsewhere.
Maybe the problem will solve itself, maybe it won't, but it's no longer your team and University's problem Edit (going forward)
October 16th, 2020 at 10:02 AM ^
I would. The difference is the player in question transferred out under Harbaugh and probably wouldn't have under Dantini and Meyer, given their track record with "punishment". Michigan's athletic department and head coach have had a pretty good history of booting players for misconduct of any kind.
October 16th, 2020 at 4:59 PM ^
Brother would still be on MSU or OSU’s roster is the difference. Not Michigan material.
October 15th, 2020 at 9:20 PM ^
It is unclear to me if anybody is accusing Harbaugh or the athletic department of wrong doing in that article.
October 16th, 2020 at 12:03 AM ^
Yeah, exactly. They're not. It's a statement of fact that Harbaugh knew. Ok. And he let it all play out the way it should, and the team and player parted ways.
But of course - the headline "Harbaugh knew" is buzz worthy.
October 15th, 2020 at 9:26 PM ^
There's nothing you can know. It could be terrible (Harbaugh hid it) or heroic (Harbaugh literally stepped in and stopped what was happening) or something in the middle (Harbaugh was informed by the AD that he shouldn't talk to other universities or to the NFL about that player). Also, it's not even clear that Harbaugh knew. There are "good" reasons to lie about Harbaugh knowing.
October 16th, 2020 at 11:34 AM ^
No Harbaugh was supposed to intervene with university investigations/police and arrest him himself.
October 16th, 2020 at 5:18 PM ^
I think harbaugh is supposed to report those things to the university -- if that's actually how it works and he decided to ignore it or didn't report it the way he was supposed, it's a big problem.
October 15th, 2020 at 8:55 PM ^
Read before commenting, kids.
October 15th, 2020 at 8:59 PM ^
?Didn’t read the article.
October 15th, 2020 at 9:00 PM ^
Can someone provide a clickable link so I can read on my phone
October 15th, 2020 at 9:10 PM ^
The entire article was linked at bottom of today's Unverified Voracity. Coaches are often aware but are obligated to let the University process play out. There is no evidence of negligence on the part of caoching staff. Investigator found no evidence to pursue further. Speculation, coaches likely informed him of the unacceptable nature of the claims regardless of further University action and gave the firm handshake leading to transfer.
October 15th, 2020 at 9:14 PM ^
You usually can still copy cover the full linking address on a phone and then just tap it. Though I don't know if that method works on all phones.
Edit: Someone just made a clickable link.
October 15th, 2020 at 9:08 PM ^
Guilty. Now I have.
OP refers to sexual misconduct. Article says sexual harassment. Neither is good, but one is associated with far more serious behavior than the other.
Why did the OP refer to it as sexual misconduct and not sexual harassment?
October 15th, 2020 at 9:53 PM ^
Are we supposed to click on and read articles these days?
2004 called and wants its internet etiquette back.
October 15th, 2020 at 10:37 PM ^
2004 texted rather.
October 16th, 2020 at 6:29 AM ^
Yes, and it cost me $.03 to read it, then another $.03 to respond, then 2004 sent an “LOL”, which cost me another $.03.
October 16th, 2020 at 9:37 AM ^
At least 2004 didn't send a text saying "Thanks."
October 15th, 2020 at 9:02 PM ^
Does anybody believe that Jim Harbaugh or any coach tried to cover up or not follow proper protocol on a sexual misconduct case in 2019 for TE that couldn’t even scratch the 2-deep?
October 15th, 2020 at 9:17 PM ^
No, and he was shown the door. Kid/player/adult had problems in more than one area.
October 16th, 2020 at 10:08 AM ^
*END THREAD*
October 15th, 2020 at 10:54 PM ^
Pin this to the top and end the thread
October 15th, 2020 at 9:03 PM ^
The opening paragraph of the article:
Nine months after two reports of sexual harassment were filed against former University of Michigan football player Mustapha Muhammad in Jan. 2019, the University’s Office for Institutional Equity cleared him of violating sexual misconduct policies
October 15th, 2020 at 10:46 PM ^
So this individual went through the Due Process procedure set in place by the university, which has a way higher burden of guilt/culpability than a court of law and was cleared?
I’m confused. Wouldn’t it be more concerning if Harbaugh didn’t know one of his players was going through this process?
October 15th, 2020 at 9:04 PM ^
"The reports on their own were not of conduct that was so severe, persistent, or pervasive that it created a hostile environment and/or the potential claimants did not wish to participate in an OIE investigative resolution process and OIE did not have enough information to proceed,” McDaniel wrote in the email, dated Dec. 16, 2019.
Later in the email, McDaniel was more explicit.
“I can confirm that you are not under investigation by OIE and have not been found to have violated the Policy,” she wrote, referring to the University’s policy on student sexual misconduct and other forms of interpersonal violence."
October 15th, 2020 at 9:14 PM ^
Not sure why you seem all upset about this, OP. Of course the coaches knew - it sounds like everything was handled professionally, discreetly, and above board. I guess outrage just needs to be outraged, eh?
October 15th, 2020 at 9:17 PM ^
Not outraged. Just posting an article from the University paper about an incident. I ain't trippin yo.
October 15th, 2020 at 11:56 PM ^
No, you're just deliberately pot stirring.
October 16th, 2020 at 7:15 AM ^
lol its a sports blog chill
October 16th, 2020 at 4:42 AM ^
Go fluck yourself.
October 15th, 2020 at 9:37 PM ^
Based on my reading of the article, which I hate to say it doesn't always make clear distinctions between sexual assault allegations against Muhammad that were known to the University and those that were not before he removal from the team, Muhammad is claiming that Harbaugh and staff knew about two unreported sexual assault incidents by him and, by insinuation, didn't report them or otherwise hold him accountable. But apparently there were other sexual assault claims against him that were known to the staff and others at the University, and he was already on his way out of the program. So other than his word that he told the coaches and they seemingly didn't report those assault charges but were aware (and removed him from the team) for other assault charges, I'm not seeing a ton of new evidence here to support the insinuation that Harbaugh, Moore, etc. somehow didn't properly respond to assault charges. But I'll be honest - I'm a little confused by what new information is in this story and what is just a rehash of earlier reporting.
October 15th, 2020 at 10:22 PM ^
The fourth paragraph is unclear. Which allegations did the AD employees and football players know about? The two newly discovered allegations?
October 16th, 2020 at 9:40 AM ^
Yeah, that's where my confusion set in. And not to make light of the situation, but it sounds like there were so many allegations against Muhammad that it's very possible that staff and teammates may have been confused about which allegations were known and which were not whenever he claimed to speak with them.
October 16th, 2020 at 6:33 AM ^
I did not read anything about Harbaugh knowing about the two that were unreported. There's some insinuation that, I guess, you could read into that - but I didn't. So far as I can tell, it was all handled the way you'd want a coach to handle - fair, even-handed, reporting what he knew to the university, and firmly. I'm good with this, and really hope that Muhammed learned a valuable lesson - and never repeats it.
October 16th, 2020 at 9:43 AM ^
Yeah, it felt like the author of the article wanted to insinuate that members of the staff knew about certain offenses that weren't known by the university, and yet they didn't really provide any evidence beyond Muhammad claiming Harbaugh and Moore knew about them because of some unspecified conversation they had.
I really don't get the point of this article beyond it being a follow-up to an earlier one they wrote.
October 15th, 2020 at 9:58 PM ^
Step 1: Mention Jim Harbaugh
Step 2: Tie him to something remotely controversial
Step 3: Get clicks
Step 4: Profit
I read the article. Still can’t really figure out what it is trying to convey other than Muhammad went through the appropriate process, was cleared, then entered the transfer portal.