I mean... sounds like the guy was an asshole but literally almost no proof that he discriminated against women in that article other than the offhand hearsay about his comments on a female staffer's looks and smell.
I mean... sounds like the guy was an asshole but literally almost no proof that he discriminated against women in that article other than the offhand hearsay about his comments on a female staffer's looks and smell.
The bar of 'proof' is set very low in such cases. Indeed, the presumption of innocence is nearly abandoned and the burden is on the accused to disprove the allegations.
"In the first investigation, Kate Weaver Patterson of KWP Consulting & Mediation found multiple complaints from female staffers, in particular inappropriately commenting on their appearances. It also, in general, found the environment of the program wasnтАЩt welcoming to women. The second investigation was led by the law firm of Libby, OтАЩBrien, Kingsley & Champion. It found TaylorтАЩs behavior toward an NCAA female compliance officer was тАЬinappropriate, discriminatory on the basis of her sex.тАЭ This came when he tried to have her removed from her post after she brought forward concerns about NCAA violations. Those included illegal practices and player eligibility issues.
"тАЬUnder Coach TaylorтАЩs leadership, the football program has disregarded or simply not followed NCAA rules that they have been repeatedly and consistently educated on by the Compliance Office,тАЭ OтАЩBrien wrote in the documents obtained by ESPN."
Having worked for a university for several years, when calling in outside investigators, law or HR firms, the final reports always find for the university to legally тАЬcover their ass.тАЭ Personally, I would not take what has been written by Stanford scribes, ESPN, or outside investigators at face value. I doubt that we will hear from Taylor due to financial settlement and a non disclosure agreement. I think that he would shine a totally different light on the matter. IтАЩm not dismissive of his alleged actions, but there is always another relative perspective in each case.
I mean... sounds like the guy was an asshole but literally almost no proof that he discriminated against women in that article other than the offhand hearsay about his comments on a female staffer's looks and smell.
The bar of 'proof' is set very low in such cases. Indeed, the presumption of innocence is nearly abandoned and the burden is on the accused to disprove the allegations.
"In the first investigation, Kate Weaver Patterson of KWP Consulting & Mediation found multiple complaints from female staffers, in particular inappropriately commenting on their appearances. It also, in general, found the environment of the program wasnтАЩt welcoming to women. The second investigation was led by the law firm of Libby, OтАЩBrien, Kingsley & Champion. It found TaylorтАЩs behavior toward an NCAA female compliance officer was тАЬinappropriate, discriminatory on the basis of her sex.тАЭ This came when he tried to have her removed from her post after she brought forward concerns about NCAA violations. Those included illegal practices and player eligibility issues.
"тАЬUnder Coach TaylorтАЩs leadership, the football program has disregarded or simply not followed NCAA rules that they have been repeatedly and consistently educated on by the Compliance Office,тАЭ OтАЩBrien wrote in the documents obtained by ESPN."
https://www.on3.com/college/stanford-cardinal/news/stanford-fires-head-coach-troy-taylor-after-accusations-of-bullying-belittling-female-staffers/
I mean, when you have two separate investigations saying the same thing, that's kinda really sort perhaps might be very bad.
Having worked for a university for several years, when calling in outside investigators, law or HR firms, the final reports always find for the university to legally тАЬcover their ass.тАЭ Personally, I would not take what has been written by Stanford scribes, ESPN, or outside investigators at face value. I doubt that we will hear from Taylor due to financial settlement and a non disclosure agreement. I think that he would shine a totally different light on the matter. IтАЩm not dismissive of his alleged actions, but there is always another relative perspective in each case.