This is a possible scandal brewing, and I think it underlines what I have been saying for years: Talented sports figures can get away with murder.
A college which is looking very likely as the one to win the Men's NCAA basketball championship has allegedly covered up a serious sexual harassment scandal involving one of it's star players.
According to a secondhand report, a certain NCAA basketball star was involved in an unnecessarily prolonged incident of sexual harassment of one of his female instructors. The female instructor become very distraught, and this basketball star was removed from the class, and the incident was covered up, leaving the instructor emotionally scarred. To date, as I spoke to a close friend of the instructor, the issue has not been addressed and is likely never to be addressed.
What makes a talented sports figure so special that they continue to avoid accountability for their actions? I've seen it since high school, where jocks usually got a passing grade in a class without really showing any work in the subject, merely because the ball team likely wouldn't fare so well without them. I've seen it where police have actually removed a star player from a situation quietly, while everyone else present get's the full measure of the law.
What kind of message does this send our children?
Hold athletes responsible for their actions. Why is a championship so important that we ignore gross criminal behavior of the participants?
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