NCAA: Art Briles sues Baylor University for Libel

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The culture surrounding Baylor University and its football program not only affected how coaches and administrators handled allegations of sexual assault against players but also kept the university from randomly drug testing its student-athletes for marijuana and other recreational drugs -- making it one of the few major collegiate programs not to do so, according to an upcoming book about the university's sexual assault scandal.

Baylor regents had no idea that the university wasn't randomly drug testing its student-athletes until the Philadelphia law firm the school hired to examine how it handled allegations of sexual assault by students, including football players, turned up the issue. Already reeling from bad publicity around the mishandling of sexual assault cases, the lack of drug testing was another indicator of just how insular the football program had been under former coach Art Briles.

"That was my first realization that this was likely to not end up well," Baylor regent J. Cary Gray said in "Violated," which was authored by ESPN reporters Paula Lavigne and Mark Schlabach and will be released by Center Street on Aug. 22.

 

[KaseMeOutside]

People should be in prison over this

 

[DaveG]

Weed's not the drug they were worried about being detected in those tests... just sayin.

 

[Carolinas Identity*]

People should be in prison over this

I don't get how people aren't already

 

[Blitzkrug]

He's back. Briles finds job with CFL's Tiger-Cats.

Right on the heels of said team trying to reach out to female fans. A+ decision making.

 

[Voight]

He's back. Briles finds job with CFL's Tiger-Cats.

Right on the heels of said team trying to reach out to female fans. A+ decision making.

June Jones and the old boys club thinking.

People are calling the commissioner to block the hire... but on what grounds? Yea what he did is bad but I just can't see that being good enough reason.

 

[Blitzkrug]

I don't see why they can't.

They've blocked players from coming up here for way less.

 

[Troy McClure]

He's going to get a coaching job. It is better for society if he works in a pro league where he won't be in a position to help,cover up rape.

 

[KarlssonsGroin]

Not any more apparently the outrage reversed the decision

 

[Channelcat]

Hope everyone is happy.

 

[Gene Parmesan]

As a pure football coach, he's one of the best. Trash can of a human being though.

 

[Voight]

As a pure football coach, he's one of the best. Trash can of a human being though.

This is pretty much the best way to put it.

 

[John Price]

Not to say that he shouldn't ever be allowed to work again, but the way he acts after his dismissal as if he hasn't learned any sort of lesson or pretends that he did nothing wrong while turning a blind eye is ridiculous. He should receive rightful outrage until he apologizes for his inaction during assaults