Baylor Doing State a PR Solid

[121Josey]

Baylor in discussions to retain Art Briles, 1 yr. suspension. Longhorn Article

 

[ronpolk]

Wow.

 

[kired]

Make it one game & we're off the hook

 

[aTotal360]

Money talks. I'm willing to bet he makes Baylor more money than he loses. Baylor will happily get blistered by the media as long as they are winning 11 games a year and racking in the cash from football revenues. I bet you MORE kids will got to Baylor because of the football team, than will decide NOT to go because of their protection of rapists.

 

[121Josey]

Make it one game & we're off the hook

You miss the connection. Bama, for example, say Player is "suspended indefinitely", suggesting that actual game discipline will be involved. When the depth charts are printed for Game 1, Player is on the field. Explanation: his conduct on campus has been "exemplary".

Baylor "suspends" Briles to terminate. Then after further consideration on the impact of the program, it "suspends" to reprimand. Briles conduct will have been "remorseful".

State announced the punishment and the requirements of Simmons' "suspension". It is possible that Simmons serves 0 games or even 2+ games.

 

[thekimmer]

Baylor has some really deep seated problems especially for what is supposed to be a religious school. In the past 15 years or so two major scandals with two different major sports that involve serious violent felonies being committed by players and cove-up by coaching staff.

 

[patdog]

That guy is wrong as often as he is right. But, if true, wow. They really have sold their souls. Most corrupt school in the NCAA.

 

[121Josey]

That guy is wrong as often as he is right. But, if true, wow. They really have sold their souls. Most corrupt school in the NCAA.

He's had a good source on the Baylor situation so far. The plan was to put the whole thing on Ken Starr from Day 1, allegedly. I mean, they didn't fire anybody on the spot after reading the reports. So, I don't have any reason to doubt that this is really happening behind closed doors. Whether it comes to fruition is another discussion.

 

[woozman]

I saw this last week on an OM board and dismissed it, but apparently the poster really did have a source...

"[FONT=&quot]I was just told this by a big donor at Baylor that the top 5 big donors (John Eddy William (their version of Dickie Scruggs) Drake McLane and others) gathered the top 25 donors for Baylor. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]All signed a petition saying they will not give Baylor another $1 if Art Briles in fired. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Briles has been suspended but not fired according to this source. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]The proposal is Briles is suspended a year w/ pay and his paycheck goes to charities of rape victims none to Briles. Briles must attend complete several Title 9 classes throughout the year. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]2017 Briles would return as head coach of the Baylor Bears. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]The board voted this week to terminate Briles 18-15. They will re-vote next week."[/FONT]

 

[HammerOfTheDogs]

Most corrupt school in the NCAA....

Almost as corrupt as Ole Miss.

 

[patdog]

No doubt their #1 priority in this all along has been to try to save Briles's ***. The corruption at Baylor goes all the way to the top, above the president and chancellor. Some of their alumni are starting to push back at the board, but I doubt it's enough of them.

 

[HammerOfTheDogs]

Spoke with a lot of Big 12 and A&M fans out here...they all can't stand Baylor. They have lower academic standards, so they can bring people in that Texas, Texas Tech, A&M, TCU, etc. can't bring in.

 

[121Josey]

Almost as corrupt as Ole Miss.

I laughed.

 

[mount lefroy]

Baylor does not have lower academic standards than those schools.

 

[Cow College]

No doubt their #1 priority in this all along has been to try to save Briles's ***. The corruption at Baylor goes all the way to the top, above the president and chancellor. Some of their alumni are starting to push back at the board, but I doubt it's enough of them.

There was a bunch of people on SECr calling this last night. Did not believe it

 

[archdog]

ITs a good thing.

 

[boatsandhoes]

AU has to be in the race.

 

[LexSCDOG]

Baylor has some really deep seated problems especially for what is supposed to be a religious school. In the past 15 years or so two major scandals with two different major sports that involve serious violent felonies being committed by players and cove-up by coaching staff.

Baylor is not a baptist school any longer. They had an affiliation but never was run by the Texas Baptist convention. Years ago they severed those ties by removing the baptists from their board. And the problems have mounted since.....

 

[121Josey]

Baylor does not have lower academic standards than those schools.

Baylor has lower standards than UT, TAMU, and TCU. Not TT. But who would want to live in Lubbock?

 

[tatedog]

Baylor is not a baptist school any longer. They had an affiliation but never was run by the Texas Baptist convention. Years ago they severed those ties by removing the baptists from their board. And the problems have mounted since.....

I was told a few years back by a contact at MC that they were troubled about the direction that Baylor was taking by doing that (and this wasn't too long after MC was coming off of some pretty serious ethical and criminal issues itself). I also read a guy on one of the Baylor boards who said if you are under any illusion that Baylor was ever anything but baptist in name, you are nuts.

 

[11thEagleFan]

I don't think it's even up for debate. Baylor is the dirtiest program in college athletics by a wide margin. Their two biggest scandals involve murder and rape by student-athletes and subsequent cover ups. If any athletic department ever deserved the death penalty, it's Baylor.

 

[121Josey]

Baylor is not a baptist school any longer. They had an affiliation but never was run by the Texas Baptist convention. Years ago they severed those ties by removing the baptists from their board. And the problems have mounted since.....

They have a seminary that is backed by the moderate branch/convention after conservative Baptists gained control of the Fort Worth seminary. That's about the only remaining connection.

But TCU also has a seminary. But it's ironic that TCU still has "Christian" in their name because neither the university nor the seminary fall within the semantic range of that word.