Curtis Blackwell is the suspended MSU Football Staffer
February 15th, 2017 at 7:45 AM ^
I was hinting at the fact that a Michigan player did this literally a year ago (2 years now?)
February 14th, 2017 at 4:44 PM ^
the perpetrators are guilty of sexual assault and need to face stong punishment.
However, I am not sure this meets the standard of "heinous" or "game-changing" acts (those are the words being bantied about in MSU circles - see podlink link below). Those words imply something violent or worse happened to the victim.
Listen to the words this guy uses and troubled tone in his voice...
http://www.cosozo.com/sites/default/files/radio/audio/full/sn0869_0.mp3
February 14th, 2017 at 5:06 PM ^
I think it's heinous when player B has unwelcome sex with another person. That's straight up rape. While the video recording of the act is undoubtedly some other crime, the heinous issue is that allegedly a woman told someone not to make sexual contact with her and he kept at it.
It gets game-changing when your team's "mentor" does not recognize this as rape, or does (more likely) and feels the "need" for a cover-up. And thus tells the players to destroy the evidence.
That takes it from a player issue to an institutional issue. And that is a game changer.
(Assuming the story relayed above is what really happened.)
February 14th, 2017 at 7:27 PM ^
February 14th, 2017 at 5:20 PM ^
Seriously? Rape isn't heinous? I find your stance sickening.
February 14th, 2017 at 7:18 PM ^
February 14th, 2017 at 6:40 PM ^
February 14th, 2017 at 7:22 PM ^
February 15th, 2017 at 2:30 PM ^
I listened and although I'm not familiar with Spartan reporting, it definitely sounds like this is a very connected Spartan reporter/fan.
He makes this sound like a very bad situation. I agree with your definition of "heinous" / "game-changing". This is NOT to belittle the significance of sexual assault.
It's more like different shades of a bad situation. Perhaps we could liken it to Premeditated Murder vs. Manslaughter from running a red light. Both are bad, but I think that we could all agree which is worse.
In my mind, for the implications mentioned in the audio file and the description as "heinous", I think that this is a worse situation than what was initially suggested in this thread.
February 14th, 2017 at 4:46 PM ^
Sloppy seconds.
February 14th, 2017 at 10:17 PM ^
#notokay
February 14th, 2017 at 6:17 PM ^
February 14th, 2017 at 10:20 PM ^
February 14th, 2017 at 4:38 PM ^
Et tu, Brute?
February 14th, 2017 at 5:19 PM ^
February 14th, 2017 at 4:06 PM ^
Maybe. Search for your user name in this thread and you can see if your comment still stands.
February 14th, 2017 at 3:59 PM ^