MSU's Simon to Step Down
Courtesy of the State News:
http://statenews.com/article/2018/01/simon-to-resign
EDIT - Second Link: http://statenews.com/section/nassar-coverage
January 24th, 2018 at 11:20 PM ^
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January 25th, 2018 at 8:08 AM ^
I read somewhere that in order for their inusrance to cover claims, they are required to mount an appropriate defense. If they just roll over, they will pay out money instead of having insurance cover some/all of the claims.
Not sure what could count as a appropriate defense for such an indefensible position.
January 25th, 2018 at 12:21 PM ^
I don't know. Their lawyers needed to speak truth to power, and let them know this was not something they could whitewash with a flimsly "report." There needed to be accountability from the beginning, and searching inquiry of how this could go on for so long. MSU's lawyers acceded to the administration's containment policy, which was flawed in its inception. Saving the president should never be the goal. The client is in the institution.
January 24th, 2018 at 11:40 PM ^
"As tragedies are politicized"
Wow. Really?
It's a lot of things, but politicized isn't one of them - if anything,she managed to get liberals, conversatives, socialists, anarchists, libertarians, Yankees and Red Sox fans all united in sheer disgust at the utter clusterfuck of leadership displayed.
January 25th, 2018 at 12:44 AM ^
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January 25th, 2018 at 11:43 AM ^
Third, the NCAA is useless and wouldn't have done anything. (Unless you stretch too much?)
January 25th, 2018 at 12:59 AM ^
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January 25th, 2018 at 7:11 AM ^
I agree she should not have been given the opportunity to resign. She should have been fired in complete and utter disgrace. What a tone-deaf statement she made. Actually that's not nearly a strong-enough description but i just can't put it into words right now. I heard on WWJ this am that Blanchard, Granholm and Engler are all being mentioned as a possible replacement. Whatever. I can't imagine anyone wanting the job. This is indescribably fucked up, where would one even begin?
January 25th, 2018 at 8:00 AM ^
January 25th, 2018 at 8:00 AM ^
Unfortunately, her prime principle is to protect MSU from the stain of their actions at all costs and scarificing a hundred or so children is not too large a price to pay.
Her quote:
"Anyone who knows me knows I am a principled person," she wrote. "I have spent my entire professional career, more than 40 years, at MSU. I love this place."
Hopefully, she will end up in jail along with a large number of others who enabled that predator to have a protected hunting ground where prey was delivered, unaware and helpless.
January 25th, 2018 at 8:01 AM ^
This is only the overdue first step.
I do not know what is going to happen to MSU, nor should I be the one proclaiming it, but I feel like it should be AT LEAST as severe as what happened to PSU.
The Big Ten---apparently where pedophiles are allowed to flourish.
January 25th, 2018 at 8:18 AM ^
-- Hawk Harrelson
January 25th, 2018 at 8:21 AM ^
Regardless of what she knew or didn't know, she had to go, because she'd become a lightning rod and as long as she was there, it would cast a pall on the university. They'll have to clean out all remnants of this event.
January 25th, 2018 at 10:47 AM ^
There's a video clip of Denholland making a statement. Wow, powerful stuff. She also mentions a women's track coach that was informed, same as Klage, surprised this was not brought up. This person should also be shown the door.
Denholland is going to burn down MSU. Simon, Hollis, Klages, et al aren't getting away with this. MSU made a powerful enemy in this woman.
January 25th, 2018 at 12:41 PM ^
January 25th, 2018 at 9:55 AM ^
I saw a woman on the street this morning wearing a State hat. If there was ever a day to not wear that hat, it's today (although its cold out so maybe its her only winter hat? I'll give her the benefit of the doubt)
January 25th, 2018 at 9:58 AM ^
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January 25th, 2018 at 10:24 AM ^
Simon may be gone but she's still collecting checks (Freep warning):
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2018/01/25/president-si…
"This means that Dr. Simon’s will be paid at least $750,000 for her first year returning to the faculty from her research leave. After that, she will be paid 75% of that base salary, or at least $562,500 per year. Dr. Simon’s field is higher education. She received her PhD in education from MSU in 1974.
"So based on this contract, it would appear that Dr. Simon will be paid more than twice the amount of the most highly paid faculty member in the College of Education. In addition, she will be paid more than the most highly paid faculty member in the entire university, C. Konrad Gelbke who makes $433,441. He is one of the world’s leading physicists."
The contract also spells out a number of lifetime perks Simon and her husband will receive.
- Parking passes for on-campus parking
- Two free tickets to home football games for the Spartan Club suites
- Two free tickets to women's basketball games
- The option to buy up to four men's basketball tickets in the same location she currently has seats
- Reduced-price tickets for bowl games and post-season play for football, men's and women's basketball and ice hockey
- Parking pass for all home sporting and cultural events.
"Other than the granting of emeritus status, we rarely see such benefits in any contracts," Finkelstein said. "What is extremely unusual about these benefits is that so many of these are related to sporting events.
January 25th, 2018 at 11:50 AM ^
Yuck. People are in charge of things for no reason as Brian always says. And I think every person in a position of power in this country is wildly overpaid - from corporate executives to coaches to media figures to high level administrators/govt employees.
This woman is a goddamn public official. Why is she making so much money? And apparently her work wasn't worth shit. Especially not $750,000 For the job she did she should've been paid fucking $0.
Also if you're a public official today how do you not learn anything from the Penn State scandal?She should be fire and shamed. The executive class has this country by the balls and its embarassing. And there's no accountability.
I'm really afraid a major reckoning could be at hand in this country in the next few years and people like this are in serious trouble.
January 25th, 2018 at 12:59 PM ^
Hey, she could always go help Brandon run Toys R Us
January 25th, 2018 at 10:24 AM ^
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January 25th, 2018 at 11:59 AM ^
is a toothless organization. This is a case for law enforcement, not the NCAA. What is it going to do? Take scholarships away? From who? People who likely had nothing to do with this? And that would accomplish...what exactly.
I have zero faith in the NCAA just trying to enforce the rules it now has in place. Taking this on is way too big for that lame association.
January 25th, 2018 at 12:11 PM ^
Guy at work ( not my boss but a higher up ). Can be unprofessional and isny very smart. Howe et he’s a good guy, MSU grad, Marine , good dad etc. for months every staff and client meeting started off with his view on kneeling. Any discussion of the Lions or NFL elicits the kneeling issue. He doesn’t watch those guys. Criminals. Unpatriotic.
Someone brought up the Nassar scandal and he shut it down first unrelated to MSU then as facts aren’t clear” then inappropriate for the workplace. Probably true but its not a stodgy workplace and much worse has been discussed.
This is what good MSU people are dealing with it. This is how the issue and campus rape by MSU athletes was covered up for decades along with rampant steroid use.
It is a silo mentality their culture bred. Good people (for the most part) who were so desperate for a spotlight of some kind they lost their moral compass and voice. Very sad.
January 25th, 2018 at 12:22 PM ^
January 25th, 2018 at 12:39 PM ^
News keeps getting worse and worse. Cover up sure seems more and more like the accurate term to use here.
http://www.espn.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/22211140/michigan-state-sought-…
January 25th, 2018 at 1:19 PM ^
I would not be at all surprised to find that grand jury is empaneled in this case. The U.S. Dept of Ed's OCR was governing the investigation and auditing; but the DOJ is probably going to get interested real soon. This smells a lot like obstruction.
January 25th, 2018 at 1:29 PM ^
Yeah that's bad. Yeesh. "sexually hostile environment". Yet another school I'll never send my kids too if I ever have kids. Also - it sounds like under De Vos, this sort of thing could be more widespread because Dept. of Ed. will not be monitoring universities for this type of thing. Great.
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