The choices made by football staff
and athletics leadership, in some instances, posed a risk to campus safety and the integrity of the
University.
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In addition, some football coaches and staff took improper steps in response to
disclosures of sexual assault or dating violence that precluded the University from fulfilling its
legal obligations.
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Football coaches
and staff took affirmative steps to maintain internal control over discipline of players and to
actively divert cases from the student conduct or criminal processes.
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Leadership in football and the athletics department did
not set the tone, establish a policy or practice for reporting and documenting significant
misconduct.
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...reinforced an overall perception that football was above the rules, and
that there was no culture of accountability for misconduct.