LSJ calling for MSU President Lou Anna Simon's Resignation

I agree. This isn't like a rivalry thing. This isn't a point and laugh thing. This is an "are people safe on campus" thing, and under her leadership too many people were not safe at MSU. Wholesale change is needed, and that starts at the top.

Also, this from the editorial: Fast forward to April 2017, when Simon told her Board of Trustees: “I have been told it is virtually impossible to stop a determined sexual predator and pedophile, that they will go to incomprehensible lengths to keep what they do in the shadows.”

That's... not the proper attitude to take as a University president when confronted with the problem of sexual assault on your campus.

This Nassar thing isn't getting the publicity it should when in reality, it may be bigger than Sandusky was. Anyone who was complicit in his abuse of gymnasts or athletes gotta go too but for Simon, it's bigger than this, it's that there is a rampant issue of sexual abuse that her office has tried to sweep under the rug over the last decade. Ain't gonna cut it.

The reality is, that she could not lead a troup of girl scouts to a Julie Andrews movie after having Nassar on her shift.  No other choice but to show her to door.

In the case of Dantonio he knew of prior issues with some of the players he brought in, he likes to use the second chance thing and that's fine but is that fair to the other kids on campus when you are bringing in kids with sexual assault charges in the past. If I where a parent of one of the young women attacked I would be pretty pissed at the guy who brougt them there. For some reason (his record against Mich.) He is cut slack in this. He had Mumphries come back for a camp. He's done this since he's been there ie Eric Knott, Campbell if you recall he didn't pull that offer until after the third incident and it got too much attention. With Robertson he snuck him in after signing day. Who was the asshat that stole the computers from DPS? If this was Harbaugh he would have been stoned by the local and national media.

Dantonio learned from the best Tressel

Guys, I know this isn't great, but Michigan is restricting Wilton Speight's transfer which is way more outrageous.  Also, feel bad for poor Greg Schiano.

The atheletic department has been riddled with sexual assault and harassment issues. He ought to get the axe as well. The Mumphery case is just the latest that shows football and basketballs players get away with anything at MSU including rape and sexual assault.

Hollis is retained because of the higher profile sports like basketball and football having suck- cess but if you look at the big picture the athletic dept is kind of a joke Jackie Joseph has been the softball coach for years without winning and having some legal issues brought against her the vickers team has been a dumster fire for years when that used to be a proud program . He has had some hits like the aircraft carrier game and such but overall he sucks as an AD but gets cut slack because of Dantonio and Izzo

We as fans allow this to happen because of our love of sports we allow student athletes to behave in a way we wouldn't an average student we allow coaches to get away with a little less ethical behavior then our administrators as long as they win. I had a Buckeye in front of me a few years ago say if you aren't cheating you aren't trying this leads coaches to bring kids like Robertson, Appling, and others to campus Dantonio would put satan at RB if he thought he could help him beat Michigan

Remarkable it took them this long to come out with any kind of condemnation, very curious that it doesn't include Hollis who should also be just as accountable, if not more so.

I actually don't think Dantonio deserves any blame and he seems like he handled the one situation presented to him  the way he was supposed to (somewhat ignoring the overall culture of the team toward discipline for more thenall transgressions, here only focusing on sexual assualt and those players are/were gone) so not trying to go at him at all, but the athletic department in general bears a huge amount of responsibility and Hollis owns that completely.

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