re: So who are the two members of the LSU athletic department that are going to resign?

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I agree Verge is a great dude...but if he deleted that text AND did not report it, then that’s really tough to not fire him.

Now if he reported it and simply deleted the text before protocol allows it to be, then he may get off with a slap on the wrist. I hope that’s what happened for multiple reasons

Boy the headaches Lester and his son have caused this AD...and both sucked

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I agree. It's a shame but this is the kinda thing, in todays world with all the baylor/vandy/metoo type stuff, you HAVE to report it.

Although, I am interested to hear from our Title IX department as to their explanation or protocol here.

I know that coaches don't handle this stuff. They turn it over to the proper authorities and go from there. If anyone thinks O and maybe even Mickey Joseph are responsible, they're off base. Mickey knew what was happening but to what depth? Also what is the other side of this story? What role did the woman play here? We can't simply take the article for face value.

There are three sides to every story. His side, her side, and the truth. We can't put all of those together yet. What we know is Drake abused her and must pay for his crimes. However, one has to wonder if the woman repeatedly put herself in front of davis. It seems like that might be a missing piece. If she continually seeks him out and puts herself present in his presence, i have an issue with that as well

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This was published in the USA Today story. You be the judge.

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And here in lies the biggest issue:

A) Davis tells Verge he hit a female, he admits it on 4/14
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C) Late Aug, 26th I think, Davis is kicked off team.

What happened to (B) you might ask? Well, firstly, doesn't really matter what (B) is. Just over 2 months from admitting he hit a female, fellow LSU athelete at that, and isn't immediately removed (suspension, indefinite) from team and from classes. I could stop there.

The (B) only makes it worse... there should have been a Title IX report AND admin contact with the tennis player to tell her that if she has a complaint to take it to the police and LSU athletics encourages it. If that didn't happen soon after (A), it just makes it worse and is only a cover up and delaying action to (C).

Put Simply: The admission by Davis on 4/14 isn't acted upon because he wasn't removed from the team (or school) until he was arrested for another incident on 8/17 and then, and only then, removed on 8/26.

No matter who hid what, the 4/14 incident and text is an admission to LSU Admin, at least, that was not acted upon properly. That admission, in the text, should have resulted in immediate suspension. The Title IX investigation after that would determine if needed to go further (expulsion) or backwards. But he stated he hit a woman and no action was taken immediately on that admission. There's no way out of that box.

I hate to laugh but...."and I hit her in the stomach (which is not good)" Thanks Drake, its good you know socking her right in the baby maker was not good

I don't see where and perhaps I missed it, that Verge did not report this to anyone as an undisputed fact.

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don't see where and perhaps I missed it, that Verge did not report this to anyone as an undisputed fact.

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I mean, technically I guess you have a point, but I don't see any chance that he told anyone about this.

If he DID report it, and nothing was done about it, he is still culpable for not pursuing it further.

The fact that Davis had Verge's phone number, and had him listed as "Verge" in his contacts, seems to indicate a personal relationship between the 2. I just don't get the feeling Verge reported this.

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Lost in all of this article is that the issues with Davis and Guice are the shiny hook meant to focus the reader on the bigger presence at hand, which is LSU's lack of addressing sexual assault campus wide. The athletic involvement is meant to merely focus the attention

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This is true as far as "shiny hook".

The question, the real question, is there an institutional problem.


If Verge has an admission from an athelete, on the team, that he hit a woman and immediate action is not taken there is A problem. What specifically that problem is, don't know. It may be a Verge problem, or it may be an LSU problem.

But the fact remains DD admitted to hitting a woman, in writing and no immediate action was taken.

When you start down that rabbit hole you have to go to the bottom. And the bottom is (the assumption is) that if it happened once it happened alot and it is institutional.

The writer of that article sucks. She's stating who should be fired and who should not instead of just presenting both the fact and narratives. But that doesn't dissipate the facts.

ETA: lostinbr's post above has to be kept in mind. Verge just might have reported it AND there are logical/permitted reasons why the text isn't available.

But that only shifts the problem from Verge to someone else WITHIN LSU that we have, in writing, Davis admitting to hitting a fellow female student in April and it took an arrest in Aug to get him suspended/removed from the team.

Without that admission it is a process and would be why there would be delays... namely an investigation. But with the admission should come immediate action.

A store owner accuses you of breaking into his shop and stealing something the cops will likely show up and talk to you and arrest you later.

You send a text to sheriff's dispatch telling them you broke into a store before the owner even reports it once they verify you sent that text and the store was indeed broken into they are coming quite soon, like now. They love to arrest stupid people.

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erge is also the highest ranking African American at LSU. Getting rid of him after the July bruhaha would be a very bad idea.

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You have a player texting you that he punched his gf in the stomach and did nothing. Then lied about it.

Being black doesnt protect you from that.

Would someone please elaborate on the deleted Drake Davis stuff. Tia

Biden's fingers did no wrong!!! According to MSM and Democrats

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Verge's FIL is on the BOS, the Governor personally picked him and will override all the National bullshite. Verge isn't going any where.

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Dutch Morial rose from the dead?

Quick call WWL and the Times-Picayune.

Who do you think Verge's FIL is?