NY Times editorial board chimes in on the Michigan State situation
January 31st, 2018 at 8:17 PM ^
January 31st, 2018 at 8:21 PM ^
January 31st, 2018 at 9:13 PM ^
....no you have it all wrong, the victims matter to tom as evidenced by the team/fans wearing some teal. The color teal will help soothe the victims of the atrocities they suffered at the hands of that devil. Thanks for caring tom!!!
/SMFH
January 31st, 2018 at 9:21 PM ^
And they already stopped wearing the teal.
February 1st, 2018 at 9:21 AM ^
after all, he's had a hard week...
February 1st, 2018 at 10:53 AM ^
It wasn't that hard of a week. He said it himself in the post game presser....losing to Middle Tennessee was tougher. No wonder they don't want that idiot to talk.
January 31st, 2018 at 10:09 PM ^
February 1st, 2018 at 3:16 AM ^
I guess you missed the "Izzo" chants from the other night.
January 31st, 2018 at 8:45 PM ^
I really hope MSU gets knocked out of the NCAA tourney early and their season is ended.
Oh wait, I say that every year.
But this time it is because they shouldn't be playing as if everything is fine on their campus because it is not. The 'game goes on' mentality is deeply disturbing. Due process gives them the opportunity to flaunt their fancy team's success but the lack of decency and corruption will be paid for in time.
January 31st, 2018 at 9:04 PM ^
MSU even makes PSU look less loathsome. At least PSU had a credible investigation and cleaned house to a much larger extent.
January 31st, 2018 at 8:16 PM ^
Nothing really earth-shattering, unless you're a 'head in the sand' Spartan fanboy.
Or maybe I've just seen so much coverage on this issue (don't get me wrong - it needs to be publicized) that I'm numb to it at a certain level.
January 31st, 2018 at 8:25 PM ^
It's a decent opinion piece, but honestly they are way behind the "times" with all that's out there. I would be interested to see what Snyder or the Legislature does, if anything. I suppose if the NYT makes a suggestion, career politicians (not that Snyder has plans after this) should listen or at least consider.
Actually Brian's frontpage this evening is probably the best rundown of how bad MSU athletics has been at discipline. The sad thing is that he was only really discussing all that to look internally. It would not surprise me to see some mainstream media pick up his article, to be honest.
January 31st, 2018 at 8:28 PM ^
Max Bullough's bar fight in Colorado was missed in Brian's piece.
January 31st, 2018 at 8:31 PM ^
I think Bullough was dismissed from the team for that fight so it doesn't count.
January 31st, 2018 at 8:48 PM ^
What was the story on Bullough and the Rose Bowl game when he was 'suspended'?
January 31st, 2018 at 9:06 PM ^
January 31st, 2018 at 9:16 PM ^
January 31st, 2018 at 8:35 PM ^
The more widespread the coverage, the greater the pressure on Michigan State to take action.
February 1st, 2018 at 9:48 AM ^
of the most important arguments. It shows how overwhelming they are even on their face. And it makes clear the degree to which the ugly has finally penetrated the wider public/national consciousness.
At this stage this think looks, to me, miles bigger than the PSU story. That had a single perp, at less crazy scale, and a lot fewer--almost sadsack people covering the thing up. This is a whole institution digging wildly in the sand to bury many, many bones--even skeletons--while a huge crowd stands around staring at its ugly hind end. And even though it looks up and stares wildly around from time to time it still doesn't seem to have copped on to the fact that everyone's watching.
I would like to see a consortium of the media dig into the story together.
January 31st, 2018 at 8:30 PM ^
Seeing Izzo turn all purple faced screaming at his team like a midget Brian Kelly just disgusts me. Even if he wasn't an evil little man I don't know why anyone would want to play for him.
February 1st, 2018 at 10:15 AM ^
It's one of the reasons you have to chuckle when the lazy press professes to be shocked, yes shocked, that such a sweety is now under such suspicion. Whole lot of "investigative outlets" failed to perform their jobs for a decade and more.
January 31st, 2018 at 8:34 PM ^
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January 31st, 2018 at 9:06 PM ^
But PSU has bounced back, and Baylor is on the rise.
January 31st, 2018 at 9:20 PM ^
January 31st, 2018 at 10:38 PM ^
January 31st, 2018 at 11:46 PM ^
Michigan 16
Baylor 24
The trash comes back quickly
January 31st, 2018 at 8:38 PM ^
January 31st, 2018 at 8:59 PM ^
NY Times isnt exactly credible any more...
January 31st, 2018 at 9:36 PM ^
January 31st, 2018 at 10:18 PM ^
Breitbart is terrible - but so is the NYT. They routinely run political bias pieces as news, same as Breitbart, just playing for a different team.
January 31st, 2018 at 11:31 PM ^
Tom Brady is the same as Brian Lewerke, just playing for a different team.
February 1st, 2018 at 4:11 AM ^
February 5th, 2018 at 8:28 PM ^
Wow. Saying the NYT is more the mouthpiece of US politics than Breitbart is, when Breitbart's CEO was literally the White House's chief strategist up until a few months ago - that is a whole 'nother level of stupid.
Are you an MSU administrator?
Hate leads to suffering, my friend. Don't let the dark side take you!
January 31st, 2018 at 9:45 PM ^
January 31st, 2018 at 10:02 PM ^
February 1st, 2018 at 6:01 AM ^
I'm waiting for Trump to finally do something about the slave colonies on mars
January 31st, 2018 at 10:19 PM ^
January 31st, 2018 at 8:59 PM ^
January 31st, 2018 at 9:01 PM ^
February 1st, 2018 at 12:22 AM ^
A smoking gun. Find it and he will be gone as well. It's still all rumors, this and that.
February 5th, 2018 at 9:06 PM ^
February 1st, 2018 at 6:04 AM ^
They are 2nd tier schools trying real hard to be top tier schools. All of them are fine enough schools and athletic programs on the macro level, but they all got caught trying be at the tippy top by letting varying levels of bad things slide.
January 31st, 2018 at 9:06 PM ^
On one side of the gym you have Mike Valenti waving his green-and-white pom poms.
And on the other side of the gym is the rest of the world.
January 31st, 2018 at 9:52 PM ^
when it all falls apart. Joel Ferguson’s pool boy he is.
January 31st, 2018 at 10:51 PM ^
February 1st, 2018 at 8:16 AM ^
One, totally agree that Brian's piece is the best summary, period. And by quite a margin.
Two, many people have said MSU needs to "clean house." Someone above pointed out that the funding and sponsorships will begin to fall and thus the ability to pay "liers and scum that will do anything to win."
The link is, one can't happen without the other. In other words State won't make the effort to make this right UNTIL the almighty $$$$ starts to go away.