Subject: Richard Strauss
My goodness, Dr. Ray.
On July 23, 2012, you dropped the NCAA's hammer on Penn State University even though they reported outside the university in 1998 and 2001.
Without getting into your decision to allow a self-confessed child molester to star on your Oregon State baseball team, do you realize how bad the optics look with your time at Ohio State coinciding with the decades of sexual abuse by Richard Strauss? It's said that he's molested 1,000-2,000 Buckeyes under your leadership, Dr. Ray. It's also said that he was an open secret at THE Ohio State University. This means you knew -- or should have known -- about a pretty pervasive "culture of deviance" that permanently damaged the lives of over 1,000 student athletes who matriculated to OSU with bright eyes and big dreams. One simple phone call to 911 or the police would have shut down the victim factory in Columbus, OH. But you never made that phone call.
My first question is why? Why didn't you pick up the phone, Dr. Ray? You could have protected thousands of students in Columbus, OH, and prevented Larry Nassar from flying under the radar at Michigan State. But you didn't bother to pick up the phone. Was it to protect the brand at OSU? Was it due to a winning at all costs culture that values winning over basic human decency? We learned from your approach to Penn State that those are the only two motives.
My second question is what are you personally going to do to reconstruct the 1,000-plus souls that were shattered under your watch in Columbus, Ohio? What will you do to prevent Ohio State's toxic culture from contaminating other college campuses? You would be wise to start with Jim Clemente: http://paterno.com/Expert-Reports/Jim-Clemente.aspx#.W0ddactOk0M
My third question is which self-imposed penalties are you prepared to levy upon yourself and THE Ohio State University for conspiring to conceal the biggest pedophile in NCAA history? You knew -- or should have known -- and did nothing except grandstand on your podium about the culture at Penn State which did far more to protect its student athletes than anyone at THE Ohio State University.
Many of us are expecting a big, flashy press conference where you do the right thing and take full accountability for your failures. At minimum, you will obviously resign immediately. And you will also plead guilty to all charges in the inevitable trials and accept your sentence in jail. You will also use this opportunity to make an example of THE Ohio State University to make it known that there is no place for sexual abuse in NCAA athletics. You will take these measures unless, of course, you don't care about the thousands of victims molested under your approving watch.
As you craft your answers, Dr. Ray, I will pray for the thousands of Buckeyes who were sexually victimized in the "culture of deviance" that you fostered at THE Ohio State University. I will also pray for God to have mercy on your hypocritical soul.
Good day to you, sir.
CTL
My goodness, Dr. Ray.
On July 23, 2012, you dropped the NCAA's hammer on Penn State University even though they reported outside the university in 1998 and 2001.
Without getting into your decision to allow a self-confessed child molester to star on your Oregon State baseball team, do you realize how bad the optics look with your time at Ohio State coinciding with the decades of sexual abuse by Richard Strauss? It's said that he's molested 1,000-2,000 Buckeyes under your leadership, Dr. Ray. It's also said that he was an open secret at THE Ohio State University. This means you knew -- or should have known -- about a pretty pervasive "culture of deviance" that permanently damaged the lives of over 1,000 student athletes who matriculated to OSU with bright eyes and big dreams. One simple phone call to 911 or the police would have shut down the victim factory in Columbus, OH. But you never made that phone call.
My first question is why? Why didn't you pick up the phone, Dr. Ray? You could have protected thousands of students in Columbus, OH, and prevented Larry Nassar from flying under the radar at Michigan State. But you didn't bother to pick up the phone. Was it to protect the brand at OSU? Was it due to a winning at all costs culture that values winning over basic human decency? We learned from your approach to Penn State that those are the only two motives.
My second question is what are you personally going to do to reconstruct the 1,000-plus souls that were shattered under your watch in Columbus, Ohio? What will you do to prevent Ohio State's toxic culture from contaminating other college campuses? You would be wise to start with Jim Clemente: http://paterno.com/Expert-Reports/Jim-Clemente.aspx#.W0ddactOk0M
My third question is which self-imposed penalties are you prepared to levy upon yourself and THE Ohio State University for conspiring to conceal the biggest pedophile in NCAA history? You knew -- or should have known -- and did nothing except grandstand on your podium about the culture at Penn State which did far more to protect its student athletes than anyone at THE Ohio State University.
Many of us are expecting a big, flashy press conference where you do the right thing and take full accountability for your failures. At minimum, you will obviously resign immediately. And you will also plead guilty to all charges in the inevitable trials and accept your sentence in jail. You will also use this opportunity to make an example of THE Ohio State University to make it known that there is no place for sexual abuse in NCAA athletics. You will take these measures unless, of course, you don't care about the thousands of victims molested under your approving watch.
As you craft your answers, Dr. Ray, I will pray for the thousands of Buckeyes who were sexually victimized in the "culture of deviance" that you fostered at THE Ohio State University. I will also pray for God to have mercy on your hypocritical soul.
Good day to you, sir.
CTL
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