Nassar disaster; the need to support survivors

and caused so much pain. I can't begin to understand how, if trying to understand this, thinking about any such harm coming to those that I love shakes me so much how those involved--hundreds of people, repeated instances--begin to cope. And yet they do, admirably and well. Raisman's comments inspire admiration. 

Justice, I think, has in part to be exposure, especially when these crimes have been denied. And this, on a campus where the DOE found that a climate of sexual antagonism prevailed, is what ties Izzo, Dantonio, and Nassar together. Their shielding players from accountability amounted to a denial of what happened to those women. 

My biggest fear is that some or all of the following may happen in the following days, weeks, and months (some of it already is):

• The reaction to new revelations becomes, "We've seen/heard this before; nothing new here."
• "This happened under the previous Administration; new guy(s) seems to be cleaning it up."
• "The members of the current team(s) didn't have anything to do with this; let's not punish them, too, by sanctioning the program(s)."
• "MSU has been punished enough in the court of public opinion; financial settlements in the hundreds of millions only punish innocent students and faculty."

Barring anything truly shocking (e.g. an email from Izzo and/or Dantonio that directly associates them with a crime) I think both survive this.

Particularly since a very contentious gubenatorial campaign is getting underway, and the vote margins one way or the other are going to be razor thing, I can't see either party wanting to alienate potential voters in this state. The two major candidates will (probably) say the appropriately tough words, but do very little in the end to punish MSU.

Whether they survive and keep their jobs shouldn't be a primary concern to people. Not their fans. Not rival fans.

The fact is right now MSU is doubling down on the good judgment of two sports coaches who have already been outed in a sorry public way. Which if we had an actual media in Michigan, particularly Lansing and Detroit, would have happened a long time ago. It might have even stopped more issues before they happened. 

Upon review of all this, both guys better be spotless in their judgment in keeping all these different guys on campus. Otherwise, the ordeal of their "due process" will further harm the school's reputation.

Which is already in the toilet among basically everyone outside of their hardcore sports fans. 

Stay when ANY of those incidents fail the "would they have done the same thing if the victim was their daughter?" test, and the embarrassment only deepens. I think it's fair to say Izzo already failed that one badly with the Walton and Appling/Payne matters. 

But let them both have their due process.

And while that saga plays on,  let the outside world keep believing what I believe: "another Baylor type deal, only this place is less willing to cut bait with their coaches, that's big time college athletics" yawn. 

Prove everyone wrong and program wasn't put before safety or look like knuckle dragging dimwits to the max. That's what's at stake in all this.