Kinda sounds more like he was accused of rape, and UM kept it swept under the rug his whole career. Once the cat appeared to be out of the bag, and/or his services were no longer needed, they expelled him......Maybe he should have transferred to Forced Sex University.
At the very least, it seems pretty suspicious, even for the oh-so-self-righteous University of Michigan....:dunno:
The timeline as i am aware of it.
2009, accused of rape. He said it was consensual, she says it wasn't. At that time, the universities policies were to not do investigations and there had to be interaction with the victim. AAPD found nothing to prove one way or the other that Gibbons had raped. The case was dismissed.
2013, University raises standard to allow it to do investigations and could go 'back in time' if new evidence was found. It no longer required the interaction of the victim.
Which of those rule changes are applicable to Gibbons very likely would explain everything, whether a cover-up or no wrong doing. The problem is that without releasing all of the documentation, there's no way to know that, and you can't do that without releasing information about the victim, which is illegal. It's also illegal in the sense that he was never charged in a court of law. U of M, is not the overreaching rule.
I'm not sure what you expect the school to do, or why you think it's a cover up. Answer these questions and tell me you can show proof that there's a coverup.
1. Why now? What advantage does it do UM to keep this under wraps. If you say his career at U of M, that's stupid. This happened in 2009. That was a long time ago and he had no illustrius career at UM. It's not like he's the QB, so the school, even if it wanted to cover it up, had no reason to do so.
2. Why wait till the last 2-3 games of his career? If this had been covered up for so long, why not just keep it covered up and lie to authorities if anything ever did come up. It's not like it didn't work for other schools in the past.
3. The legal investigation found no proof of criminal activity in the situation. He wasn't charged. Before you say AAPD is in on the coverup, again, tell me why. We're talking the kicker who up to that point hadn't done jack squat for the schools record. There's no reason whatsoever to cover it up. THere's also absolutely no proof that there was ever a coverup by AAPD in any situation ever. There's more proof to the contrary, which I have posted before.
So explain it to me since you both see an obvious coverup. How could the school have done this differently? Use both of your legal degrees and be sure to lay it out clearly.