pasted my response to Al's thread here to self merge:
Besides bad PR, what changed between the suspension and the firing? The article mentions some pretty bad acts perpetrated on players. Did the "investigators" miss them the first time around? Or was it ignored?
The President , and probably the AD, got cold feet on a cover up is my thinking. They realized folks would keep digging and they'd be found out. I'd fire them both for the now aborted attempt.
Reading some posts on this board about what amounts to "what's wrong with a little nude pile up?", boys will be boys etc., makes my skin crawl.
Know what a senior captain did for me when I was an underclassman? After a brutal 2 a day he saw me struggling carrying tackling dummys (which was our task) and came all the way back from the locker room to help me. I never forgot it. THAT is a leader. I'd have run through a wall for him.
That same guy and our other leaders, including me when I became one, would have beat the shit out of anybody trying violate a young guy.
This hazing stuff strikes me as rich, white, frat boy crap. I'm sure it happens elsewhere but it seems to be a common denominator. Can't imagine anybody standing by and allowing it. Forget about participating.
Demoralizing others is done by the weak.