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Originally posted by James
Maybe Hnida really was an awful player by the standards of Coach Barnett.
ITs interesting that in this PC society he is on administrative leave for saying something considered crass versus the actual alleged sexual harrassment.
Note: The player was a very odd rapist. He answered the phone in the middle of the rape, didn't beat the victim and just let her walk away like it was nothing before he was through raping her because of the said phone ringing.
Talk about saved by the bell.
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I don't think it was the comment that she was an "awful player" was what got him suspended -- it was the fact that he brought it up in the middle of rape allegations like somehow that MATTERED to the charges. I think we can all agree that her ability as a player had nothing to do with the alleged rape, and the juxtaposition of the two is, at its most innocent, extremely strange, and at it's worst, extremely frightening -- as if he's saying that since she wasn't a great player, she shouldn't have been there, and since she was, it's her own fault that she got raped and assaulted and who knows what else.
Of course nobody really knows what exactly he meant, but I think the school is wise to do damage control. I mean, the guy's on PAID leave -- it's not like it's a particularly terrible fate. I think the statement was potentially troubling and indicative of a possible larger problem, so they should definitely be investigating.
As for your comments on the rape, it shows how little you understand about it. I don't think that the story is particularly odd for any rape/assault where alcohol is involved. And I don't think I would consider any rape victim particularly lucky just because the rapist didn't finish the deed.
