Art Briles exonerated

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Art Briles’ attorney: NCAA findings in Baylor case exonerates coach, paves way for his coaching again

By Mark Heim | mheim@al.com

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Baylor head coach Art Briles, right, and Oklahoma State head coach Mike Gundy, left, talk before the start of their NCAA college football game in Stillwater, Okla., Saturday, Nov. 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)AP

The attorney for former Baylor coach Art Briles said Wednesday’s release of the NCAA’s findings into the Baylor sexual misconduct cases has exonerated Briles.

The NCAA’s Committee on Infractions found Baylor had not violated NCAA rules when it failed to report allegations of sexual and interpersonal violence on its campus.

Not long after those findings were released, Briles’ attorney, Scott Tompsett, released the following statement:

“My client Art Briles has been completely exonerated and cleared of all NCAA violations alleged against him. As the NCAA Committee on Infractions explained, the conduct at issue was pervasive and widespread throughout the Baylor campus, and it was condoned or ignored by the highest levels of Baylor’s leadership. The NCAA’s decision clears the way for Mr. Briles to return to coaching college football.”

Baylor was embroiled in controversy after a number of football players were accused of sexual assault or rape, and athletic officials were slow to react. According to CBS Sports, in 2016, university regents said that 19 former football players were accused of sexual or domestic assault by 17 women from 2011-16 and that four of those accusations involved gang rapes. A 2017 lawsuit against the university from victims allege the numbers were much higher, upwards of 31 players and 52 incidents of rape.

Briles was removed in 2016 after athletic officials were slow to react.

Briles was 65-37 in eight seasons at Baylor. Widely regarded as one of the top offensive minds in college football, he coached the Bears to Big 12 championships in 2013 and 2014 and recorded 10 or more wins in three of his last four years.

Mark Heim is a sports reporter for The Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Mark_Heim.

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those were some serious allegations against briles. so much so i would sue if i was him.

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44 minutes ago, aubiefifty said:

Art Briles’ attorney: NCAA findings in Baylor case exonerates coach, paves way for his coaching again

By Mark Heim | mheim@al.com

2-3 minutes

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Baylor head coach Art Briles, right, and Oklahoma State head coach Mike Gundy, left, talk before the start of their NCAA college football game in Stillwater, Okla., Saturday, Nov. 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)AP

The attorney for former Baylor coach Art Briles said Wednesday’s release of the NCAA’s findings into the Baylor sexual misconduct cases has exonerated Briles.

The NCAA’s Committee on Infractions found Baylor had not violated NCAA rules when it failed to report allegations of sexual and interpersonal violence on its campus.

Not long after those findings were released, Briles’ attorney, Scott Tompsett, released the following statement:

“My client Art Briles has been completely exonerated and cleared of all NCAA violations alleged against him. As the NCAA Committee on Infractions explained, the conduct at issue was pervasive and widespread throughout the Baylor campus, and it was condoned or ignored by the highest levels of Baylor’s leadership. The NCAA’s decision clears the way for Mr. Briles to return to coaching college football.”

Baylor was embroiled in controversy after a number of football players were accused of sexual assault or rape, and athletic officials were slow to react. According to CBS Sports, in 2016, university regents said that 19 former football players were accused of sexual or domestic assault by 17 women from 2011-16 and that four of those accusations involved gang rapes. A 2017 lawsuit against the university from victims allege the numbers were much higher, upwards of 31 players and 52 incidents of rape.

Briles was removed in 2016 after athletic officials were slow to react.

Briles was 65-37 in eight seasons at Baylor. Widely regarded as one of the top offensive minds in college football, he coached the Bears to Big 12 championships in 2013 and 2014 and recorded 10 or more wins in three of his last four years.

Mark Heim is a sports reporter for The Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Mark_Heim.

What would you expect from his lawyer, who is trying to resurrect his career?

These coaches hear, and probably know what is going on in their program. Just ask Paterno. To what extent Briles knew, who knows....

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From an NCAA infractions standpoint, the "sex abuse culture" at Baylor didn't pass the NCAA's litmus test for sanctions. However, to say that the NCAA's statement "totally exonerates Briles" is a complete farce. The NCAA concluded that Briles was notified/aware of miscreant player behavior more than once and that he failed to report or take action repeatedly. From the WaPo:

In its 51-page report, the infractions committee didn't hold back on Briles.

“In each instance, when the head coach received information from a staff member regarding potential criminal conduct by a football student-athlete, he did not report the information and did not personally look any further into the matter,” the panel said. “His incurious attitude toward potential criminal conduct by his student-athletes was deeply troubling to the panel.

 

“As one panel member observed at the hearing when questioning the head coach’s lack of response to this information, ‘a lot of these things that we’re talking about, they’re not NCAA rules violations . . . (or) university policy violations. They’re felonies. (W)e’re talking about rapes and physical assaults,’” according to the report. “The head coach failed to meet even the most basic expectations of how a person should react to the kind of conduct at issue in this case. Furthermore, as a campus leader, the head coach is held to an even higher standard. He completely failed to meet this standard.”

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8 hours ago, tigeraddikt said:

From an NCAA infractions standpoint, the "sex abuse culture" at Baylor didn't pass the NCAA's litmus test for sanctions. However, to say that the NCAA's statement "totally exonerates Briles" is a complete farce. The NCAA concluded that Briles was notified/aware of miscreant player behavior more than once and that he failed to report or take action repeatedly. From the WaPo:

In its 51-page report, the infractions committee didn't hold back on Briles.

“In each instance, when the head coach received information from a staff member regarding potential criminal conduct by a football student-athlete, he did not report the information and did not personally look any further into the matter,” the panel said. “His incurious attitude toward potential criminal conduct by his student-athletes was deeply troubling to the panel.

 

“As one panel member observed at the hearing when questioning the head coach’s lack of response to this information, ‘a lot of these things that we’re talking about, they’re not NCAA rules violations . . . (or) university policy violations. They’re felonies. (W)e’re talking about rapes and physical assaults,’” according to the report. “The head coach failed to meet even the most basic expectations of how a person should react to the kind of conduct at issue in this case. Furthermore, as a campus leader, the head coach is held to an even higher standard. He completely failed to meet this standard.”

If memory serves correctly, Even Briles admitted as much. 

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Quoting the lawyer: "As the NCAA Committee on Infractions explained, the conduct at issue was pervasive and widespread throughout the Baylor campus, and it was condoned or ignored by the highest levels of Baylor’s leadership. The NCAA’s decision clears the way for Mr. Briles to return to coaching college football.”

 

That doesn't sound like exoneration to me. More like condemnation.

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On 8/12/2021 at 11:01 AM, steeleagle said:

What would you expect from his lawyer, who is trying to resurrect his career?

These coaches hear, and probably know what is going on in their program. Just ask Paterno. To what extent Briles knew, who knows....

We don't burn people at the stake

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This is also why Baylor paid Briles close to $20 million.

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Hope he gets another chance. He definitely won’t get an apology from all the journalists who tried their damndest to ruin his life. 
 

Good for Art. Truth always comes out.