UT gets off cheap -- 2.5 mil

[Ancient Reptile]

ESPN reports that UT got off cheap. Paid the women 2.48 M and admitted no negligence. I guess they were only "extremely careless".

 

[NVGator]

What an effing joke. Shame on the females for accepting this or was there really no merit?

 

[rogdochar]

Sports suppose to be an escape from politics, but here again we've lost the truth to holding perps
to accountability.

 

[GatorTAG]

$2.48M will buy a lot of plungers.

 

[bradgator2]

And Franzia equipped with butt funnels.

 

[TLB]

Shame on the females for accepting this or was there really no merit?

Merit or not, when given the choice of cash to shut up and go away, or to have many more months of your name in the public arena for being used in that environment, many will want it to just go away and will accept the cash as a way to calm their sense of being violated. It's easy for us who are not the victims to stand and demand TN be accountable, but for the victims taking such a stand will have a heavier toll. I respect the women's decision, but wish to hell that UT was held accountable not for civil damages to individuals (that could accept payments and go away) but to society for creating such an environment, where criminal charges would be in effect.

 

[NVGator]

Merit or not, when given the choice of cash to shut up and go away, or to have many more months of your name in the public arena for being used in that environment, many will want it to just go away and will accept the cash as a way to calm their sense of being violated. It's easy for us who are not the victims to stand and demand TN be accountable, but for the victims taking such a stand will have a heavier toll. I respect the women's decision, but wish to hell that UT was held accountable not for civil damages to individuals (that could accept payments and go away) but to society for creating such an environment, where criminal charges would be in effect.

You're entitled to your opinion but I don't see it the same way. If they were making a point that the school should be held accountable, then I just think taking the hush money was weak.

 

[TLB]

I don't think it was an exercise in compensation. I believe it genuinely started as an attempt to expose and change the culture. Accepting the money and gyrations that TN will go thru with following this simply brings it to a close.

I'm not a lawyer in any way, but my understanding is this was not a criminal case which the state could prosecute without the victims coming out more, it was a civil suit. Those are often resolved with compensation and certain actions by those 'accountable'. I'm with you, I think this was weak as sht and TN is getting out of it way too easy. I just sympathize with the victims having been thru enough, and they are the only ones in a position to press it further....and they have chosen not to.

 

[rogdochar]

The wrongness of rape is certainly not connected to $ payment-for rape victims : so this action of victims
accepting a payday clashes with so many rape victims' claims that rape has ruined their lives, thereby
dispelling the legal processes of changing the statute of limitations to "lifetime" and a high # of years in
prison as punishment. UT, the lawyers involved and these victims have harmed the illegal status of rape.

This is just sad all way around - beginning with the act of rape onward.

 

[ATXGator]

Nailed it!

 

[Oklahoma Gator]

Nailed it!

 

[soflagator]

What an effing joke. Shame on the females for accepting this or was there really no merit?

Couldn't agree more. Either way, it only adds to the speculation that all of these athlete related cases are simply about a payday. Undoubtedly hinders the real victims from getting justice.