NCAA President Mark Emmert was alerted to 37 allegations of sexual assault by Michigan State athletes at a meeting in 2010, according to a report.
As first reported by The Athletic, the meeting occurred in Indianapolis on November 2010 -- six months after Emmert's hiring. Also in attendance with legal expert Wendy Murphy.
Emmert met and received a letter dated November 17, 2010, from Kathy Redmond, the founder of the National Coalition Against Violent Athletes, that detailed the allegations about MSU athletes sexually assaulting women.
"Mark Emmert was brand new, and he'd initially said, 'One sexual assault is one too many,'" Redmond told The Athletic on Friday. "As soon as I heard that, I thought I might have an ally."
Redmond also raised concerns about former university president Lou Anna Simon and how the school handled a police report a woman filed accusing two MSU basketball players of sexual assault. Redmond also sent copies of the letters to the members of NCAA's Board of Governors, which included Simon.
In a follow-up letter to Redmond and Murphy after November meeting, Emmert said he was sincere in making "proper NCAA student-athlete conduct a priority" and detailed several examples of NCAA efforts to address sexual assaults on campuses.
Simon resigned from her position at Michigan State on Wednesday night -- hours after Larry Nassar, a former university and USA Gymnastics doctor, received a 40- to 175-year sentence in state prison for sexually assaulting female athletes.
ESPN's Outside the Lines published a report Friday that outlined a history of sexual assault problems within Michigan State's athletic department. The report discovered a "pattern of widespread denial, inaction and information suppression" of sexual assault allegations. Outgoing athletic director Mark Hollis retired Friday morning, hours before the report was published. Acting president Bill Beekman said he was not aware of the report at the conclusion of Friday's meeting.
The NCAA said on Tuesday it would be opening an investigation of MSU's handling of the Nassar case.
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As first reported by The Athletic, the meeting occurred in Indianapolis on November 2010 -- six months after Emmert's hiring. Also in attendance with legal expert Wendy Murphy.
Emmert met and received a letter dated November 17, 2010, from Kathy Redmond, the founder of the National Coalition Against Violent Athletes, that detailed the allegations about MSU athletes sexually assaulting women.
"Mark Emmert was brand new, and he'd initially said, 'One sexual assault is one too many,'" Redmond told The Athletic on Friday. "As soon as I heard that, I thought I might have an ally."
Redmond also raised concerns about former university president Lou Anna Simon and how the school handled a police report a woman filed accusing two MSU basketball players of sexual assault. Redmond also sent copies of the letters to the members of NCAA's Board of Governors, which included Simon.
In a follow-up letter to Redmond and Murphy after November meeting, Emmert said he was sincere in making "proper NCAA student-athlete conduct a priority" and detailed several examples of NCAA efforts to address sexual assaults on campuses.
Simon resigned from her position at Michigan State on Wednesday night -- hours after Larry Nassar, a former university and USA Gymnastics doctor, received a 40- to 175-year sentence in state prison for sexually assaulting female athletes.
ESPN's Outside the Lines published a report Friday that outlined a history of sexual assault problems within Michigan State's athletic department. The report discovered a "pattern of widespread denial, inaction and information suppression" of sexual assault allegations. Outgoing athletic director Mark Hollis retired Friday morning, hours before the report was published. Acting president Bill Beekman said he was not aware of the report at the conclusion of Friday's meeting.
The NCAA said on Tuesday it would be opening an investigation of MSU's handling of the Nassar case.
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