OT - ex-Minnesota AD Teague is revealed to be an even bigger ass

Submitted by kehnonymous on

So, this come out today and suffice it to say that it's not a good look.

In addition to his other documented shitbaggery it turns out that former Minnesota AD Norwood Teague had been harassing Minny Star-Tribune beat writer Amelia Rayno for the last year or so.

Not to trivialize Rayno's ordeal but if you read her account it's very standard sexual harassment that should've gotten Teague axed posthaste and it's not surprising to see that his position of power kept him insulated for far too long.

Literally the only silver lining to this shitshow is we no longer have the worst former athletic director in the conference.  So, there's that?

late night BTB

August 10th, 2015 at 5:15 PM ^

after seeing this guy, i'd kind of expect him to text like that, and to behave like.

I know they're mostly older guys, but when will these idiots figure out that you don't leave a trail?  Everything in person.  

Dude has emotional/mental health issues.

FanNamedOzzy

August 10th, 2015 at 5:30 PM ^

I feel terrible for that writer. I'm sure she was excited about getting an opportunity to gain some fantastic work experience and create a good work connection with an athletic director. Then to find out that the dude's a creep and quite a terrible human being...that's gotta be crushing. At least he's gone, I just wish that he was fired instead of him resigning.

Yeoman

August 10th, 2015 at 7:01 PM ^

http://web.archive.org/web/20150626133456/http://www.gophersports.com/o…

"remarkable growth in gifts to VCU’s annual and capital funds"..."growth of the VCU brand"..."at UNC...an eight-year, $20 million contract with Learfield Sports and a first ever on-premises signage partnership with Wachovia in the Dean E. Smith Center"...

I doubt any of his references mentioned any history he might have had in the harassment arena.

Gucci Mane

August 10th, 2015 at 5:37 PM ^

Just an FYI to all; Dennis norfleet has just arrived at Tuskegee campus. Not making this a thread but it's about as official as it can be.

LSAClassOf2000

August 10th, 2015 at 5:47 PM ^

The article describing the accounts of the two employees of the university that came forward is very disturbing as well - LINK. Here's how Minnesota ended it officially:

Kaler said there would be no severance package for Teague beyond the university paying for three months of health care. Teague could be paid $285 per hour — his salary as athletic director — for up to a month as a consultant during the transition. Teague also will be barred from campus.

It sounds like, from some of the Star Tribune's coverage, the choices were either resign now or live and die with the results of an investigation, which it seems would have likely resulted in his outright dismissal with all this on the table. Even at that, he is still the scum that scum scrapes off of scum's shoes. 

FrankMurphy

August 10th, 2015 at 6:03 PM ^

I don't think we ever had the conference's worst former AD and I don't think Minnesota does either. As bad as Brandon and Teague were, that title should probably go to Penn State's Tim Curley for, you know, that really horrible thing that happened there.  

Brian Cole

August 10th, 2015 at 8:29 PM ^

I'm a little lost reading this comment.

I maybe could see the school being sued by his colleague in the Athletic Department. But other than that, I'd be interested to know where you see a case here? The guy obviously needs to get laid more often, but there is absolutely no civil or criminal liability whatsoever with him hitting on a newspaper reporter. In fact, I guarantee she was leading him on in an effort to get more information and access. 

CoverZero

August 10th, 2015 at 9:52 PM ^

I dont understand how someone who earns more than $500,000 a year in a relatively prestigious job, can not get laid the natural way? 

Wendyk5

August 11th, 2015 at 6:08 AM ^

I can identify with the young reporter. When I started out in advertising, at 23, I worked on a beer account, which is as male of a bastion as sports. I was the only female and I had to endure sitting in on casting sessions for girls in bathing suits and sit among men who mumbled stuff under their breath like it was a strip club. This was my job, to cast the right girl, the one who looks wholesome (all were in one piece suits, it wasn't like a bikini show). And this was a big national account, the largest US brewery, so the players had all worked on other big accounts. But the behavior was so incredibly unprofessional and intimidating for a 23 year old woman. And it's not like the actresses couldn't hear these guys. They weren't there to give some old guys something to jerk off to. There was nothing I could do but leave the account, which I didn't do because it was very prestigious, especially for someone as young as I was. There were other incidents, too, but that one stood out as especially awful.