Report: Baylor Board Of Regents Fires President Ken Starr

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44. There is a bigger issue at Baylor....

So, I almost never post here (I had an old account 5 or 6 years ago), but I often read the forum and this post and the replies to it compelled me to respond. I know a lot of people are celebrating Ken Starr getting a karma slap, and honestly it couldn't happen to a more deserving guy, but judging by most of the replies I think a lot of people don't realize that there is a bigger problem at Baylor. Ken Starr is sleaze and absolutely deserves to be fired, but this move is basically a cover for the university and the head football coach Art Briles.

Baylor has sold their soul to the Gods of football. I love college football and have been a fan my whole life, but the sport is out of control. Baylor was a door mat for years until they brought Briles on board. He's had incredible success and is without question one of the best coaches in the game. Unfortunately, he's one of many coaches who will stoop to any level to win. In 2013 he brought in a very talented transfer DE Sam Ukwuachu from Boise St. Ukwuachu was "transferring" because he'd been dismissed from the Boise St program for "unspecified violation of team rules". Later it came out that these violations had to do with extremely disturbing domestic violence incidents against his girlfriend at the time. Baylor and Briles claim that Boise St. did not appraise them of the situation, claims that then Boise St head coach Chris Peterson strongly denied. Regardless, one would think that if you're taking on a player who has been dismissed for behavioral problems, you would do your due diligence to find out what those problems are.

Basically, the whole thing stank and within a few months of arriving at Baylor Ukwuachu sexually assaulted a member of Baylor's women's soccer team. In 2014, when questions arose as to why Ukwuachu was not playing for Baylor, the teams defensive coordinator responded that junior DE Sam Ukwuachu, has "some issues" to deal with and "Will not practice for awhile." In the end he never got the chance and was convicted in 2015.

This is just one incident. I believe at last count the number of Baylor football players involved in sexual assault cases during Briles short tenure sits at 5. I'm not writing a novel, so I want go into all the gory details but the football team, university, and the local law enforcement's response to these incidents has been described as at best inadequate and at worst an active cover-up. In short, Baylor really wants to win football games and garner all the money and exposure that comes with it. If that means a few people get raped along the way, well....

My point is, Starr deserves to be fired but I doubt it will change anything. Baylor has sold their soul and their football program is out of control. Until those in power fire Briles and move aggressively to bring the cesspool that is Baylor football to heel, nothing is going to change. Starr's firing is only meant to appease the masses and get the media spotlight off their backs. If you really want to see change in Waco don't be distracted by the fall guy, put pressure on the university. That's the only thing that will stop this crap.