DOE Officially Investigating Baylor Football

[Stallion]

The U.S. Department of Education has launched an investigation into Baylor University's response to sexual violence on campus, acting on a complaint filed by the school's former administrator responsible for looking into sexual assault complaints.

Baylor, the world's largest Baptist university, has been rocked by a scandal over whether it failed to do enough to prevent and investigate sexual assaults against women by football players and others that led to the ouster of the school's president and its football coach.

The federal investigation was disclosed by the Department of Education and by the lawyer representing Patty Crawford, who resigned this month as Baylor's Title IX coordinator and accused the university of retaliating against her for being too forceful in looking into sexual assault claims. Baylor is located in Waco in central Texas.

Title IX is a section of a U.S. education law that protects people from discrimination based on sex in education programs or activities that receive federal financial assistance



http://www.reuters.com/article/us-texas ... SKCN12K2DT

[peruna81]

Feds will not play...this is BU's worst nightmare, as they cannot control the flow of information or spin re Federal investigation.

Expect other folks to rid themselves of employment at Baylor...after all, it IS Waco.

[fmced]

almost makes you feel sorry for Baylor - almost. t is perfectly teed up for Hillary to make this a perfect response for her campaign promise to protect women. She finds an easy women's cause and then will emasculate the unfortunate soul on the other side And here sits Baylor, the perfect patsy, a Christian university, and a relatively conservative Baptist one to boot.

Don't know what powers the govt. has, but they will find an activist judge, preferably a male in ewe's robe, and makes up the punishment as they go. We may see tanks surround Waco as they play Koresh all over again

[SoCal_Pony]

And here sits Baylor, the perfect patsy, a Christian university, and a relatively conservative Baptist one to boot.

Don't know what powers the govt. has, but they will find an activist judge, preferably a male in ewe's robe, and makes up the punishment as they go. We may see tanks surround Waco as they play Koresh all over again

This thought crossed my mind months ago. Baylor was really short-sided in not being more transparent earlier on. Why?, because they are such an easy target for the Feds based on what you described above.

No different in many ways with SMU and the NCAA. We have a bullseye on our chest that makes our dealings with the NCAA different from other schools. Like it or not, that's our reality. Now it's Baylor's too.

[peruna81]

And here sits Baylor, the perfect patsy, a Christian university, and a relatively conservative Baptist one to boot.

Don't know what powers the govt. has, but they will find an activist judge, preferably a male in ewe's robe, and makes up the punishment as they go. We may see tanks surround Waco as they play Koresh all over again

This thought crossed my mind months ago. Baylor was really short-sided in not being more transparent earlier on. Why?, because they are such an easy target for the Feds based on what you described above.

No different in many ways with SMU and the NCAA. We have a bullseye on our chest that makes our dealings with the NCAA different from other schools. Like it or not, that's our reality. Now it's Baylor's too.

I'll venture Baylor is in a much deeper world of hurt than we were regarding the NCAA. The Federal gov't has an axe to grind, and Baylor will be the wheel. Hillary or not, Title IX is not only the law, but there has not been a egregious case, this visible, at such an opportune time for the gov't to flex the muscle. Baylor is in for a very long, very thorough trip to the woodshed....then the NCAA will come calling. The NCAA will not make the same mistake it did with PSU, and try to go into the criminal/civil prosecution business again.

[ojaipony]

Good.

I wouldn't be too scared of the DOE but it IS the Feds and it could escalate especially with HRC as POTUS. DOJ maybe.

[Horseshoe]

almost makes you feel sorry for Baylor - almost. t is perfectly teed up for Hillary to make this a perfect response for her campaign promise to protect women. She finds an easy women's cause and then will emasculate the unfortunate soul on the other side And here sits Baylor, the perfect patsy, a Christian university, and a relatively conservative Baptist one to boot.

Don't know what powers the govt. has, but they will find an activist judge, preferably a male in ewe's robe, and makes up the punishment as they go. We may see tanks surround Waco as they play Koresh all over again

Don't make this political. After all, Trump has been saying "no one respects women more than me," so he could latch on to the Baylor case, too.

There is nothing "easy" about rape or sexual assault.

Good for the DOE.

[Stallion]

usually the way these things work is that a person files an administrative complaint and the governmental entity has a certain number of days in which to determine whether it will accept the complaint and lead the investigation or simply decline and give the Complainant a "Right to Sue Letter"-in which case the individual Plaintiff has to pay for its own legal fees unless the government joins the lawsuit at a later date

It is a sign that the investigation is a priority when the Department itself is the one pursuing the investigation rather than just an individual who has received a "Right to Sue Letter"

[peruna81]

usually the way these things work is that a person files an administrative complaint and the governmental entity has a certain number of days in which to determine whether it will accept the complaint and lead the investigation or simply decline and give the Complainant a "Right to Sue Letter"-in which case the individual Plaintiff has to pay for its own legal fees unless the government joins the lawsuit at a later date

It is a sign that the investigation is a priority when the Department itself is the one pursuing the investigation rather than just an individual who has received a "Right to Sue Letter"

So is the DOE going to sue and recover "damages" for those that have requested the right to sue?
Class action?
Does this prevent or block private citizens (or rape victims, if proved) from also joining the suit?

Counselor, please give some wisdom, or even speculate....