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Message: [QUOTE="UcMiami, post: 2065805, member: 199"] Thanks for coming here and giving us the background on Kim and her dealings with the press - from outside we obviously do not get that aspect of the current situation. But ... The initiation of this current problem for Kim did not start in a press conference or with fielding questions from reporters, it started after a basketball game on the home court where she took the mike for presumably some unscripted remarks, and chose that moment to volunteer her thoughts on the scandal and how people should react when questioned about it, and that it was old news and everyone should move on. That is what started this current round of stories and she has no one to blame for it but herself. That she has not taken the 'time out', settled herself, and made a statement as simple and explanatory as yours above. to put in context her state of mind is not a smart move. Every time she has spoken since, she seems to be digging in deeper, while the above post would have defused some of the reaction. A simple statement, 'I have been dogged with questions regarding the scandal at Baylor as if I can be a spokesperson for those responsible and the ongoing investigations. I have made my own position very clear in the past, and will continue in my own sphere to do everything I can to support victims and to help correct areas within the athletics department and university as a whole that failed to live up to basic standards. But I cannot and will not be a spokesperson for the football program or the university in the ongoing changes and investigations. I made a mistake in speaking in the way I did. Rape and sexual assault are deplorable acts of cowardice, and the action to cover them up, protect the perpetrators, and victimize the victims that occurred shock and offend me. I have made this clear previously. [/QUOTE]

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