re: Ponamsky, we want Art Briles

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Baylor officials disputed those claims in the statement released Friday night, saying records and interviews with judicial affairs employees confirm that no one reported the gang rape allegations to judicial affairs in 2013. The university statement also alleged that McCaw denied knowing about the alleged gang rape when he was questioned by the school's Title IX office in 2015, and that later in 2015 he acknowledged that the female student-athlete's coach had told him about the allegation in 2013. McCaw has not responded to multiple interview requests from ESPN. Briles could not be immediately reached for comment. In a statement released on the school's website Thursday, Board of Regents chairman Ron Murff said Briles was fired in late May for a pattern of poor decisions. "We needed new leadership for our administration, our athletics department and our football team," Murff said. "Many have second-guessed those decisions. But I need to make clear that, as brilliant and successful as Coach Briles was, he will not be returning to Baylor. "This change in leadership was not based on any single incident, but on the weight of the information presented to us and a pattern of poor decisions over a range of disciplinary issues, not just sexual assault. The internal system of discipline operated by the coach was not in line with the University's mission and obligations."

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