Semi-OT: Explaining LOIC vs FTM...

Submitted by JDeanAuthor on September 19th, 2019 at 5:08 PM

In light of the article coming up about Dantonio, this brings up two questions that I hope can be answered by somebody more knowledgeable about NCAA policies than myself

1.) Would this consitute either a "failure to monitor" situation or a "lack of institutional control" situation?

2.) What's the difference between FTM and LOIC (I tried reading an article about it, but the author was using a lot of legalese and seemed to be making a distinction without a difference.  I'm a long ways from being an attorney, so..)

 

Arb lover

September 19th, 2019 at 7:37 PM ^

Off the cuff wine o'clock answer:

LOIC is more broad and basically just means that you don't have a working process in place to control things at lower levels. It pops up a lot when there's no real audit or an out of control unit that thinks the rules (if there are any) don't apply for xyz reasons. FTM usually delves into individual responsibilities; it says "we can't determine if you were involved, but at a minimum your negligence caused this to occur."

As an example, Michigan State University exhibits a lack of institutional control across the spectrum of "hey ya'll watch and see if I can mess this up any further", as we have seen in the last 18 months. Many required or common sense checks and balances have to fail in order for this to occur. Conversely, Dantonio may have "failed to monitor" his staff in an appropriate manner, which is simply a boilerplate way of saying that "they done bad and he probably knew about it or participated, but because we can't show their direct involvement, all we can really say is that he did not follow his responsibility to monitor, and thus allowed whatever happened to occur".

IYAOYAS

September 19th, 2019 at 8:19 PM ^

Upon reading the title I thought you were recommending employing a Low Orbit Ion Cannon against transgenders. That would have been more than semi-OT.