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yellowcanine

(36,798 posts) Wed Dec 5, 2012, 10:54 AM Dec 2012

"Why I won't be cheering for old Notre Dame" [View all]

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Here we go again. If what Melinda Henneberger (a Notre Dame alum) says is true, Notre Dame has some serious questions to answer. Particularly this paragraph:

At first, officials said privacy laws prevented them from responding. But after some criticism, Jenkins told the South Bend Tribune he’d intentionally kept himself free of any in-depth knowledge of the case, yet was sure it had been handled appropriately.

If the President of the university is going to "keep himself free of any in-depth knowledge" of a case involving allegegations against football players at Notre Dame, how is that not a "lack of institutional control" per NCAA guidelines? Isn't this exactly why the NCAA disciplined Penn State in the Sandusky outrages?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/she-the-people/wp/2012/12/04/why-i-wont-be-cheering-for-old-notre-dame/?wprss=rss_politics

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"Why I won't be cheering for old Notre Dame" [View all] yellowcanine Dec 2012 OP

Gee I remember when the University of Alabama allowed boosters to provide prostitutes for Larkspur Dec 2012 #1

You don't think ND would cover up a sexual assault? Are_grits_groceries Dec 2012 #2

Even if they tried to cover up any crime, they can't control everything Larkspur Dec 2012 #30

Please. Are_grits_groceries Dec 2012 #36

There cannot be rape convictions without charges. yellowcanine Dec 2012 #3

"Depression is a main cause of suicide" And how do you even know this young yellowcanine Dec 2012 #7

Maybe because that person is basing it on other articles and not joeybee12 Dec 2012 #9

I don't hate Notre Dame. I do hate cover ups of sexual assault. yellowcanine Dec 2012 #13

Yeah you do...this is one article of many... joeybee12 Dec 2012 #14

Of course you know me so you know better what I hate than what I do. yellowcanine Dec 2012 #20

Every article about ND isn't a hatchet job, Are_grits_groceries Dec 2012 #21

I have two favorite college football teams: The Univ. of Michigan Wolverines� MrScorpio Dec 2012 #4

Sour grapes from fans of second rate schools. joeybee12 Dec 2012 #5

Because of this ^^^^^ WilliamPitt Dec 2012 #6

I got into Holy Cross... joeybee12 Dec 2012 #8

Thanks for that.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Dec 2012 #23

Loved that link, Will! hifiguy Dec 2012 #28

Melinda Henneberger is a Notre Dame alum. Nice try. yellowcanine Dec 2012 #10

Nice to know you know absolutely nothing about due process... joeybee12 Dec 2012 #11

What part of "due process" is served by bad mouthing a suicide victim? yellowcanine Dec 2012 #15

"The President was not there." yellowcanine Dec 2012 #19

One more thing, the articles alleges there were texts... joeybee12 Dec 2012 #12

There was no court of law because there were no charges. Pathetic yourself. yellowcanine Dec 2012 #17

What about the women who falsely accused the Duke Lacrosse team of rape? Larkspur Dec 2012 #48

I'm a Notre Dame alumna and strongly disagree with her Larkspur Dec 2012 #40

She clearly researched both cases. It was not a shoddy hit piece. Name one incorrect statement in yellowcanine Dec 2012 #45

Yes it was a shoddy column. Larkspur Dec 2012 #47

But you still haven't named one incorrect statement. So how is it shoddy? yellowcanine Dec 2012 #50

Wow!! Arrogant much? Ishoutandscream2 Dec 2012 #16

See post #6. WilliamPitt Dec 2012 #18

Any Vanderbilt alums who happen by KamaAina Dec 2012 #33

I wish they would both lose ProudToBeBlueInRhody Dec 2012 #22

Well one is going to win unless the game is cancelled. yellowcanine Dec 2012 #24

Notre Dame is no different.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Dec 2012 #25

Lou Holtz.....ancient history, though. yellowcanine Dec 2012 #26

I'm fully aware of that ProudToBeBlueInRhody Dec 2012 #27

Yes, there is history but that doesn't mean a lot to the current team. yellowcanine Dec 2012 #29

Have we learned nothing from the Duke Lacrosse scandal? Larkspur Dec 2012 #31

And have we learned nothing from the Penn State Sandusky scandal? yellowcanine Dec 2012 #35

And there was no cover-up, and there was no rape. Larkspur Dec 2012 #39

The alleged rape was the second victim. Seeberg did not allege rape. You are obfuscating by yellowcanine Dec 2012 #44

No, I'm not obfuscating. Some shoddy writers call Seeberg's case rape because Larkspur Dec 2012 #49

"SOME shoddy writers" But not this writer (Melinda). So why bring it up here? yellowcanine Dec 2012 #51

I don't see much of a similarity between the two cases so far. pnwmom Dec 2012 #55

Here's another article on this incident... Larkspur Dec 2012 #32

Most of this does not address Melinda's allegations. yellowcanine Dec 2012 #34

Those issues were all addressed but ND haters want a scandal even if there isn't one Larkspur Dec 2012 #38

"Those issues were all addressed...." And why then are ND officials conducting a whispering yellowcanine Dec 2012 #43

What campaign against the women who died? Larkspur Dec 2012 #46

The one mentioned by Melinda from her personal experience. yellowcanine Dec 2012 #52

Oh, you mean that made-up campaign Larkspur Dec 2012 #53

Again with the assertions but not one example of an inaccurate statement in this particular column. yellowcanine Dec 2012 #54

Concerning cases of this sort ... radicalliberal Dec 2012 #56

WaPo writer *shocked* that big-time NCAA program covers up player crime... Blue_Tires Dec 2012 #37

Because school sports have been a sacred cow in this country for generations. radicalliberal Dec 2012 #57

It wasn't rape. It was investigated by the county prosecutor and no charges filed. Mr. Blue Sky Dec 2012 #41

There were two alleged victims. One was sexual assault. The other was rape. Why do ND boosters yellowcanine Dec 2012 #42