There's been no commentary on this, but I've been following the trial. I was glad to see Judge Rosemarie Aquilina not only sentence this son of a bitch, but to also drag his ass up and down the court. There's a special place in hell for people like him, and those who aided in his almost incomprehensible reign of terror. The whole thing needs to be burned right to the ground. I agree with Charles Pierce's article in Sports Illustrated.. Those officials from Michigan State, the US Gymnastics, The Olympic Committee... and on and on al need to be burned right to the ground. This really is a fantastic article and I hope you take the time to read it. https://www.si.com/olympics/2018/01...g-usa-gymnastics-abuse-victims-michigan-state I have no idea how any man who has a daughter, sister, female cousin or niece that they are fond of, doesn't wish this son of a bitch a lifetime of coke can c*cks in prison until some day, he dies the the death of the short eye by a dozen shivs, artistically placed to leave him in his own bloody pool of shame and pain. Please leave this bastard in general population.
But before we do that, let's strap him to a tree butt naked in the everglades coated in lime juice and let the bugs work on him for a day...
It's amazing at the apparent lengths these organizations went to to ignore this guys perversions. There should be more repercussions to come from this.
This is not over. The Pres of MSU has resigned and there are calls for the entire board of the USAG to resign, the coach he worked with has retired conveniently just recently went things went really south. He's got some culpability you can bet on that. How about Bella Karoyli and his wife, what did they know? The whole organization failed these kids, there are a lot people who have culpability.
I have 2 grown daughters that were on swim clubs that practiced 5 and 6 days a week and traveled all over Maryland and Northern Va. going to age group swim meets. The coaches spent a lot of time with my girls and luckily they were good people (at least my daughter tell me nothing ever happened) and did not abuse their position, but it would have been so easy. This is a parent's nightmare.
Burn it all down and send the message that needs to be sent. Penn State had a chance to make the right statement and instead weaseled their way out of the partial justice they were levied. I'm sick on monster skating in the world. Drop the hammer.
Well it's starting to explode now, might make the Baylor scandal look like minor league stuff. MSU Ath Director has retired. Both he and the President in their statements of course said they did no wrong, covered up nothing and loved MSU. Others are saying that their statements are an insult to those young women. Now Outside the Lines has been investigating and is coming up with stuff on football coach Mark Dantonio and Basketball coach Tom Izzo not related to Nassar but showing a pattern of covering up for players who have assualted women. Sound like Baylor? There is a large group over on NDNation who are just waiting to see what will happen to ND Athletic Director Jack Swarbrick, who was the General Counsel for the USAG for a long time. This is going to take down a lot of people who might not have personally known about the goings on with Nassar but who's policies and or lack of policies ignored it.
MSU is now undergoing the fire and brimstone media barrage that previouly rained down on Baylor and PSU. Suspect that more than the AD will be retiring in the near future: http://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/22214566/pattern-denial-inaction-information-suppression-michigan-state-goes-larry-nassar-case-espn
Don't care who it is, if they played a part in the suppression of information or inspection into these cases of molestation, then burn it all down. I mean, if we can't stand to protect little girls from predatory monsters than what are we even doing here?
No, it doesn't sound like Baylor. It sounds like ESPN is throwing poop against the wall and calling it "investigating". What a bottom feeding bunch of ratings-motivated humps. Izzo and Dantonio are two of the highest character coaches in all of college sports. Heres a link to Mark Dantonio's comments: https://www.indystar.com/story/spor...state-football-espn-outside-lines/1071320001/
ND <r><QUOTE><s> </e></QUOTE> As much as I dislike MSU on the field I have to admit I believe you are right on this.</r>
This is what really bothers me about are so-called media reporting anymore. A number of good people and coaches are being caught in the middle of this fallout. Try and put yourself in their position and it is really scary.
Don, I agree. Right now, if an accusation is made, the accused is not only assumed to be guilty, but is vilified for offering a denial and any investigation that does not endorse the accusation is labeled as misogynistic. Obviously Nasser was proven guilty, but shouldn't we wait to see the evidence against these coaches before we assume they too are guilty? In the current climate, if you or I were accused of harassment by someone that worked for us in the past what could we do? Assumption of innocence until proven guilty has gone by the wayside at least in this area. :cry:
Kp, yes I do agree with your point of view, way too early to really realize the complete fallout until more evidence has been determined. I do not envy Tom Izzo trying to get through this with the NCAA Tournament just around the corner. That has to be a real distraction for the coach and his players. I have always believed " You are judged by your peers" very misleading. The people who end up serving as jurors, for the most part, are not what I consider to be a peer. They are generally housewives or people who simply have nothing else to occupy their time. Most of what I consider my peers are too busy to serve or beg off of jury duty. A bit scary in my opinion!
Here is an article that really seems to implicate all coaching and athletic people at the university by a former MSU counselor for sexual attacks. http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/22235975/former-michigan-state-counselor-says-mark-dantonio-needs-accept-individual-responsibility
If that is the case then they (we?) have no right to complain. Either we do our civic duty or we abdicate our rights. Once again, "we have met the enemy and it is us" :cry:
I agree with Corey and all others here. He deserves to be put away and to live many years in his hell in prison. I love the judges comment about she was sentencing him to death. Also that she made him listen to all the people that he molested. They should tape them and make him listen every day the rest of his life.
Many times I've been asked by friends and neighbors "how do I get out of jury duty?" I always tell them the same thing. 'You are the jury member that I would want if I was in a trial. If all the employed, educated people manage to get our of jury duty, all we'll be left with are those that have nothing better to do." Many union employees had contracts that paid them their usual wages when they were called to jury duty. It was the professionals and small business owners who had a tough time sitting for more than a couple of days.
I have been involved and testified in malpractice trials. Sometimes my cases and sometimes in cases I was peripherally involved in. In my second job I have testified in grand jury and criminal trials. I have nothing but respect for all the juries that I encountered. They listened, paid attention. Asked good questions, and made good decisions for the most part.