OT - Sparty paying off people to not sue them over Nasser issue
Well now we are starting to see Sparty open their wallets to pay off those that either ignored the things Nasser was doing or was simply not willing to turn a blind eye to corruption for what ever reason...
https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/27289769/ex-msu-president-gets-25m-retirement-payout
I am so looking forward to seeing who is next and also note because of the settlement she cannot sue the university
Under terms of the retirement, Simon will receive $2.45 million in three installments and other benefits. The agreement stipulates she won't sue the school.
"Michigan State is on the precipice of a new chapter under the leadership of President [Samuel] Stanley," Simon said in a statement. "I appreciate the efforts of the university to facilitate my transition to emeritus status that corresponds to this new chapter."
"Our campus community is continuing its healing, and the Board of Trustees feel the retirement of Dr. Simon is best for the university," said Dianne Byrum, chairperson of the Board of Trustees.
Got to love that leadership
Wonder if the victims have grounds to sue her. She doesn't deserve a cent of that retirement money.
She deserves those felonies. I hope she gets them.
Kathy Klages deserves a long prison sentence as well. But I think the most she can get is two years and a $5,000 fine. Considering she could have put a stop to this in 1997, that's pretty sad.
I hope they sue the hell out of her. Thoroughly disgusting that she's getting almost $2.5 million for enabling the abuser while that bloated clown Engler got paid for verbally abusing those victims who were brave enough to come forward to expose Nassar.
I don’t know if I’ve ever agreed with you more fervently.
When I read the link in that OP, I thought it was saying she got $25M. That probably would have been better. More for the victims when she gets sued.
Spartans will!
Spartans Will Need To See A Supervisor!
That's obviously what Mork teaches his players to say when they get busted by the cops in EL. Too bad for that moron, it doesn't work everywhere.
Can she spend that from prison?
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What about ball lifters???
/asking for an assistant coach
I like a girl who’s a Sparty.
But do you find her finer?
And did you get up the courage yet to ask her for a date?
https://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/ot-ish-any-advice#comment-243458058
I didn't see your previous thread, but if you're still too much of a coward to hit on her, here is what you should - get a little drunk and then hit on her.
If she's into you, she will let you know. If she's not, you can always say "sorry about that, I just drank a little too much."
Hopefully her boyfriend doesn't kick the shit out of you, but the "I was drunk" defense might help there too.
Sparties gonna spart - I mean part with the State's money unproductively.
I’m tired of Spartans talking about “healing.” That isn’t the phase they are in. They are in the *fix the problem* phase.
Healing doesn’t start until you fix the problem. You haven’t fixed the problem if You continue to dodge the attorney general, Engler has time for basketball games but not investigations, and the President who oversaw the atrocity is still negotiating her golden parachute.
She will probably end up spending all of the money on legal bills and MSU would have spent the same on lawyers when she sued the MSU for breach of contract. But, it still looks really bad.
Seriously doubt she spends a dime of her own money on legal bills related to her time at MSU.
MSU would cover her civilly, but criminally?
Double post
How in the hell she is getting money for her incompetence. This world is weird. Spartans have no will. she has the audacity to issue a statement. How do these people sleep at night.
“With one eye open” if you’re Nassar!
This is a bribe, nothing more, nothing less. What does she know that is worth $2.5 million to shut her up?
Fuck them
This is such an embarrassment for the university. The way "leadership" has handled this is an absolutely disgrace and a black mark on the entire state. Sickening
...equaled only by their despicable fans. I have lost track of how long it has been since this story fully broke but the "outrage" of the Sparty fans by this "overblown" ordeal and how soon it would be "long-forgotten" will not be forgotten. And that many persist in the defense of the indefensible remains most remarkable.
Would it matter if they were willing to turn a blind eye?
Sounds like good business. Isn't that what a good corporation does, pay off those who can hurt them?
I'd guess that's roughly comparable to what their lawyers' fees would be if she were to sue them and drag it out for years. Back in January they'd already paid 8 times that in Nassar-related legal fees.
Anyway, Nassar's victims should sue her for every cent, plus her salary for however many years she knew about it, and get it.
“I appreciate the efforts of the university to facilitate my transition to emeritus status that corresponds to this new chapter."
I’ll bet she appreciates the money a lot more. Spartans Will...have no shame.
Penn State did the same thing with Sandusky's victims. To get the money the victims agreed not to sue.
Still, it’s hard to see how Simon is a “victim”
Unfortunately, this is all too common. Once you get to certain level in management, even getting fired is extremely lucrative. Cosequenses simply don't exist anymore for the powerful and well connected.
And people wonder why college has gotten so expensive. $2.5M more or less “retirement” benefits. That buys a lot of cigarettes and candy in prison.
" Rising college cost is driven substantially by three economy-wide forces: (1) Lagging productivity growth is endemic to personal service industries, so service prices rise faster than goods prices. This is called “cost disease;” (2) The higher education workforce is highly educated and the cost of hiring highly educated workers has risen sharply since 1981; and (3) A college’s mission and market require it to meet a rising standard of educational care. More than any potential dysfunction on campus, these three factors have led to rising real costs. "
https://www.mhec.org/sites/default/files/resources/mhec_affordability_series7_20180730_2.pdf
I'll tell you from personal experience that a huge amount of increase in cost is due to the creation of many many many high level administrative positions that seem to do essentially nothing of value. It seems like every month I get an email to "welcome direct of... brand new center that doesn't do shit... in their new role".
There are so many of them at my school that I don't even know half of their names.
Bunch of fucking cowards. No back bone.
Meanwhile on the RCMB they're still complaining about how the Detroit Media ignored the Gibbons situation.
settling is a sound legal strategy. I hope the money makes MSU take seriously campus safty.
It's not so she doesn't sue, its so she doesn't spill the beans as to how everyone knew but she and they were told to ignore it by higher ups.
Engler whined about how much the victims were getting and then they pony up a couple of million to make Simon go away? They have no shame. smh
Lou Anna will have plenty of money to pay criminal defense attorneys now.
Sick. She doesn't deserve a dime. If she were a decent human being, she'd donate this money to a victims' fund.
(Of course, if she were a decent human being, she'd have done something about Nassar long ago.)