Steubenville: A year after rape case reported student athletes, coaches learning lessons

[stevenleser]

Are they learning? I'm not sure yet.

http://www.cleveland.com/steubenville-rape-case/index.ssf/2013/08/steubenville_a_year_after_rape.html

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio -- A year after the parents of a 16-year-old West Virginia teen showed up at the Steubenville police department with a jump drive full of Internet images to report their daughter was raped, the impact of the case is still being felt around the state.

After a highly publicized trial in Juvenile Court this spring, two high school football players were sentenced to serve time for raping the teenage girl. One of the boys was additionally found to have sent nude photos of the girl to his friends.

Currently, a grand jury is meeting to hear evidence and decide whether any adults – coaches or parents – have any culpability in the case.

And one of the teens, Ma'lik Richmond is set to be in court this week so a judge can determine whether or not he needs to register as a sex offender.
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[thatgemguy]

1. They're learning a lot

Like not taking pictures of their crimes and spreading them on the interwebs. Otherwise, it is the same old football worship here in the Ohio Valley. The entire football program at Steubenville should be sanctioned and get the death penalty.

[radicalliberal]

2. Does anyone know of a single instance when the NCAA has taken decisive action in a case of . . .

. . . rape or gang rape, not to mention any cases of physical assault in which the victim was permanently injured? I've never heard of any. Seems to me all they're concerned about are trivialities. They also seem to only care about preserving the "positive" image of sports programs, even in those instances when there clearly has been dishonorable, vicious misconduct. Victims be damned! They're not important! School sports are more important than justice! No wonder these scandals occur and will CONTINUE to occur!

Pity any rape victim who "gets in the way" of a high-school or college football program.

I truly wish I could say otherwise.

[radicalliberal]

3. To be fair, I must point out that . . .

. . . there are some coaches who are appalled at what happened in Steubenville (not to mention elsewhere) and are trying to reform what Joe Ehrmann calls "the jock culture." They should be recognized. I do appreciate their efforts, which I fear will be hamstrung by many of the hardcore fans who really don't care.

[NuclearDem]

4. Only thing the adults who enabled this crap should be learning

Is when lights out is.