Quote Originally Posted by Scratch View Post
A couple of minor points.

First, I see people keep referring to this as a "coverup." A coverup is when affirmative steps are taken to keep something quiet and out of the public eye. I don't recall anything in the Yahoo article saying that there was a coverup; rather, it dealt with a failure to act in the first place. Obviously, if the underlying behavior warranted actions then this is a serious issue, but it isn't a coverup.
And I might offer as a counter that this is swimming and the only way for it to come to the public eye would be action by the University. That as long as the U turned a blind eye, no one was going to know because who was going to bother to find out. I honestly wonder if the failure to act was a decision made because firing the coach and having the story come out would be worse. In essence a cover up in plain sight.