Something must be done about Baylor

By Roy Bragg
San Antonio Express-News
May 08, 2016

http://www.expressnews.com/sports/columnists/roy-bragg/article/Roy-Bragg-5-9-7421691.php

Southern Methodist University lost the right to play football when it was caught cheating in 1987.

Penn State fired Joe Paterno for failing to tell police assistant coach Jerry Sandusky was raping boys.

The NCAA and school presidents have punished other coaches and programs for much less.

What, then, are we to do with Baylor University in light of allegations head coach Art Briles knew players had sexually assaulted women and didn’t act quickly and responsibly?

And what of Baylor President Ken Starr, who famously prosecuted a sitting American president for lying about a consensual sexual encounter, but who has been largely invisible in this case?

The Baylor rape scandal began with the 2013 recruitment of Sam Ukwuachu, a transfer from Boise State. Briles and his staff made little or no attempts to learn about the player’s off-field life.

Had they done so, they would have learned Ukwuachua’s former girlfriend accused Ukwuachu of sexual abuse (there were no criminal charges in that case).