Lawsuit: Perles covered up Nassar rape in 1992
September 11th, 2018 at 12:26 PM ^
That's former football coach and current trustee Perles to you.
Also, I'm going to copy the lead paragraph, because it is disgusting and descriptive of the seriousness of the "holy crap":
"Serial pedophile Larry Nassar videotaped the rape of a young field hockey player that led to her pregnancy in 1992 – and when her coach at Michigan State University complained about it to athletic director George Perles, he intervened and covered it up, according to an explosive new lawsuit filed in federal court."
September 11th, 2018 at 12:42 PM ^
This is absolutely unbelievable:
Davis went to the MSU police department.
“The police told them that since she was an athlete, she had to report it to the athletic department,” according to the court documents. “The detective explicitly told them that he was powerless to investigate anything that takes place to the athletic department and to go to the athletic department.
“(Davis) explained that the athletic department already dismissed it and the sergeant responded that George Perles is a ‘powerful man,’ and she should just drop it.”
September 11th, 2018 at 12:45 PM ^
Thats basically evidence that the police department is working with the AD to cover up things.
September 11th, 2018 at 1:27 PM ^
Just like we always assumed.
September 11th, 2018 at 2:26 PM ^
With a healthy dose of free tickets involved, I shouldn’t wonder.
September 11th, 2018 at 9:29 PM ^
Username checks out.
September 11th, 2018 at 5:35 PM ^
what is the statute of limitation on govt corruption and negligence?
September 11th, 2018 at 6:30 PM ^
The next election. That's about it.
September 11th, 2018 at 1:10 PM ^
That's former football coach and "current trustee because he was elected by the Michigan electorate" Perles to you.
Another reason I'm of the opinion that the Governor, not the electorate, should have power to appoint & remove University trustees at MSU, U-M and Wayne State. Michigan voters have proven they just elect people to these positions based on their name, even if they're known idiots and scumballs. Perles was a known idiot & scumball way back to the 1990s. Not to mention his "good buddy" Joel Ferguson.
What a mess. MSU students and alums deserve much better than jag-offs like Perles on their BoT.
September 11th, 2018 at 1:32 PM ^
You realize where Jay Paterno works, right?
September 11th, 2018 at 1:40 PM ^
Yes. I am not a fan of alumni-elected trustees either.
Back to what I was talking about. I now live out west, but I grew up in Michigan, I did my graduate work at Wayne State, and I want the best for Michigan residents and my friends & family who still live there. The current way that trustees are selected for each of U-M, MSU and Wayne State --- it is a terrible way, IMO.
It's only this way for U-M, MSU and Wayne. For the other 12 public Universities in the state, the Governor appoints the BoT members. Nothing against those 12 schools, but they are generally not as important to Michigan as the other 3. Why does Michigan have a different system for those 3 flagship Universities?
The Michigan electorate could obviously select some dumb-ass to any of those 3 boards. It's already happened for MSU. People, like me, who care about one or both of U-M and Wayne obviously don't want dumb-asses on those boards either.
That's it - I'll quit with my political advocacy (I admit this post is political advocacy).
September 11th, 2018 at 1:53 PM ^
"Slums may be the breading grounds for crime, but middle class suburbs are incubators of apathy and delirium."
-Cyril Connolly
This is only a microcosm of the larger cultural issue present in our society, within our respective states, and even here within this board.
September 11th, 2018 at 2:20 PM ^
What are you talking about? The NCAA looked at it and couldn't find any problems. . .
there is nothing to see here.
/s
September 11th, 2018 at 4:46 PM ^
GOD THAT PISSES ME OFF! HOW?!?!?!? I knew a couple of those kids. WTF NCAA.
Sorry. If there was ever a reason to burn down the NCAA and start over.
September 11th, 2018 at 2:44 PM ^
Governor appointed trustees could have problems as well via cronyism. John Engler was once Michigan's governor, after all, do you want that guy hand picking the BoT for MSU?
September 11th, 2018 at 8:44 PM ^
Yes, all of your alumni elected trustees were/are rabid Paterno apologists. You even had that Lubrano twat show up supporting Sandusky in his appeals court dates.
September 11th, 2018 at 1:43 PM ^
That seems further illustration of the problem of name recognition he lays out (I think Paterno cam through the portion of Penn State's trustees voted on by alums).
That said, gubernatorial appointment has it's own issues of deep cronyism.
September 11th, 2018 at 2:55 PM ^
Exactly. Say, if the Nassar scandal broke approximately 25 years ago, who would be appointing the BoT members to MSU in this situation?
Oh yeah
September 11th, 2018 at 1:47 PM ^
There's a dark side to letting presidents appoint boards. See: the Iowa and Wisconsin state university systems.
September 11th, 2018 at 5:54 PM ^
Yeah, it's definitely not perfect. But I do think it's better than the current system.
I'm pretty sure Michigan is the only state where, for the flagship public Universities, the state's citizens directly elect the entirety of the BoT.
September 11th, 2018 at 1:53 PM ^
You realize Engler was a two term governor?
I'm not sure how we avoid having a crappy board like MSU has, but political appointments doesn't sound like an ideal solution.
September 11th, 2018 at 1:56 PM ^
Three, actually.
I didn't have a lot of opinions about him at the time (he first won while I was in elementary school), but now the idea that he was running this state that long makes my skin crawl.
September 11th, 2018 at 2:23 PM ^
Voters also elect “idiot and scumball” governors and worse. So I don’t think having the Governor appoint trustees helps is necessarily a solution. I have no idea how trustees are elected. Maybe some should be by voters, some by appointment, and some elected by current students.
Your quote:
“Another reason I'm of the opinion that the Governor, not the electorate, should have power to appoint & remove University trustees at MSU, U-M and Wayne State. Michigan voters have proven they just elect people to these positions based on their name, even if they're known idiots and scumballs. “
September 11th, 2018 at 12:28 PM ^
FFS just burn it all with fire
September 11th, 2018 at 12:39 PM ^
I hear chemical burns are pretty painful. So that may be an option as well. If fire doesn't work, I mean.
September 11th, 2018 at 1:06 PM ^
burn it with a chemical fire??
September 11th, 2018 at 1:14 PM ^
Napalm......lots and lots of napalm.....
September 11th, 2018 at 1:53 PM ^
Sparty don't surf.
September 11th, 2018 at 2:32 PM ^
IT'S A FARM SCHOOL. FERTILIZER IS FLAMMABLE! JUST TORCH THE FERTILIZER STOCKS. . . .all for the cost of a match.
September 11th, 2018 at 12:31 PM ^
Yeah... wow... FFS. Also, whatever happened to that other story that was supposed to break about MSU?
September 11th, 2018 at 12:46 PM ^
Probably this
September 11th, 2018 at 12:55 PM ^
Could very well be, but I was lead to believe it involved Dantonio.
September 11th, 2018 at 4:45 PM ^
All I heard was that it was related to the football team, which, Pearles was the former coach. I'm guessing it's this.
September 11th, 2018 at 12:31 PM ^
Well umbig11....
Is this the shoe you kept expecting to drop??
September 11th, 2018 at 2:55 PM ^
I don't think it is, that was supposed to be more FB related.
September 11th, 2018 at 4:38 PM ^
You're right. I don't think it is. But it provides a great segue!
September 11th, 2018 at 12:32 PM ^
How any of these depraved fucks still have jobs is completely beyond me.
September 11th, 2018 at 3:15 PM ^
That is some dark gangster shit Perles pulled--methodical--almost like it wasn't the first time. In fact it reminds me that I used to think of Perles as embodying the MSU mentality sort of like a corrupt Teamsters leader. Blue collar, "tuff", gotta fight for respect, willing to do whatever it takes to get our share. In every way this is gangster mentality. Mork totally gets this, too, except he is even worse because he mixes in all the bible verses.
September 11th, 2018 at 12:33 PM ^
After losing to Notre Dame I walked into a meeting and someone asked how I could wear my Michigan hat. If I was embarrassed by them. I just blew him off. Michigan couldn't embarrass me by anything they do on the field, and I will always support them.
But this type of shit coming out of East Lansing makes my stomach turn. Seeing that Spartan logo makes me sick because of what it represents and what it has done to so many young women in our great state. I don't understand how anyone can wear a Michigan State hat, or shirt, or have a bumper sticker on the car. Talk about embarrassing.
September 11th, 2018 at 12:34 PM ^
Can't "thumbs up" this post enough!
September 11th, 2018 at 12:37 PM ^
And yet for a huge portion of the fanbases of our two biggest rivals, MSU & OSU, these things mean nothing if their football team wins games. They ARE embarrassed by losses on the football field but stories like this dont trouble them in the least.
This is truly horrible if proven true.
September 11th, 2018 at 2:07 PM ^
Denial is as powerful as it is maladaptive and immature. Add idealization of the borderline epidemic in our country and boom you have the breading grounds for evil. Every person who fails to stand against this, fails to recognize this evil, fails to face these issues within themselves, their family, peers, community, are guilty of collusion through apathy, for you have allowed evil into your house, given it residence, allowed it to get comfortable, and spawn. This is the reaping of what was sown long ago; there is a personal responsibility you possess heretofore.
September 11th, 2018 at 12:40 PM ^
I have zero respect for anyone who still supports them. So Perles is on the board who is in charge of investigating the misconduct that he is covering up. What an absolute joke. The entire AD needs to be shut down.
September 11th, 2018 at 12:49 PM ^
And Board of Trustees need to be replaced.
September 11th, 2018 at 2:36 PM ^
EGJ, isn't it about time you added or edited your usual post about joepa/PSU? time for a MSU version?
September 11th, 2018 at 10:51 PM ^
Maybe, the thing that STILL bothers me is the utter lack of common sense and blind delusional devotion that the ped state fan base, both young and old have towards that selfish, amoral, sick fuck of an asshole of a head coach. Just because you are a good coach, does not make you ready for sainthood, however, the ped state fans do not see it that way, so much so they elected junior to the board of trustees.
Most all staee fans will say that nassar is a monster, but of course we know that the administration and leadership up in east landfill are selfish and blind assholes.
BTW, FUCK ped state and all their delusional joepa loving fans!!!
September 13th, 2018 at 8:24 AM ^
Most MSU fans had never heard of Larry Nassar until this scandal broke. Of course they say he's a monster, because it's easy for them to do.
Penn State's Paterno loyalists/cultists bought into a myth about Joe that was built over the course of 50 years, and they've blindly refused to let ugly, complicated reality ruin their fairy tale. It's pathetic but it's sadly common. A lot of people find it easier to indulge delusions than to reevaluate their beliefs about something. Look at politics in this country.
You watch, this George Perles thing is going to get a lot more irrational pushback from Spartan alumni of a certain age.
September 11th, 2018 at 1:06 PM ^
This is a huge point. And I'm pretty much speechless. Not that we thought they had done a good job of introspection before, but it really negates any part of investigations he was a part of since he might have had something to hide. Despicable.