BleedGopher
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per the Washington Post:
All sexual assault claims are difficult, and those involving alcohol and athletes can be especially charged and fraught with dispute. The Gophers’ statements offer no recognition of this terrible complexity , and that is what makes their boycott disappointing, and even objectionable. They don’t recognize that women on campuses face an epidemic of sexual crime, and that both law enforcement and well-intentioned administrators are grappling for balance and answers in dealing with both false and true accusations. No recognition that there might be an argument for campuses to adjudicate student sexual conduct outside of the criminal justice system. No recognition that a misunderstanding could well have occurred between accuser and accused. No recognition, in fact, that women even exist on their campus. It’s a strange silence. And not one that inclines you to take their side and congratulate them for taking such a strong stand.
There are a million good social justice causes over which a major college football team could boycott. This isn’t one.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/spor...054287507db_story.html?utm_term=.f209f4b8c290
Go Gophers!!
All sexual assault claims are difficult, and those involving alcohol and athletes can be especially charged and fraught with dispute. The Gophers’ statements offer no recognition of this terrible complexity , and that is what makes their boycott disappointing, and even objectionable. They don’t recognize that women on campuses face an epidemic of sexual crime, and that both law enforcement and well-intentioned administrators are grappling for balance and answers in dealing with both false and true accusations. No recognition that there might be an argument for campuses to adjudicate student sexual conduct outside of the criminal justice system. No recognition that a misunderstanding could well have occurred between accuser and accused. No recognition, in fact, that women even exist on their campus. It’s a strange silence. And not one that inclines you to take their side and congratulate them for taking such a strong stand.
There are a million good social justice causes over which a major college football team could boycott. This isn’t one.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/spor...054287507db_story.html?utm_term=.f209f4b8c290
Go Gophers!!