NCAA Clears Michigan State Of Any Violations In Larry Nassar Case

Breaking news that’s never been thought of before: The NCAA kind of sucks.

Via AP:

The NCAA cleared Michigan State University of any rules infractions in the Larry Nassar sexual-assault scandal, the school announced Thursday.

Friendly reminder: Michigan State officials first received a report of Nassar’s behavior in 1997. But back to the story…

The school released a letter from Jonathan Duncan, the NCAA’s vice president for enforcement, that addressed the Nassar case, as well as an investigation into how the university has handled allegations involving football and men’s basketball players.

“This review has not substantiated violations of NCAA legislation,” Duncan wrote in his letter, which was dated Wednesday and addressed to Michigan State athletic director Bill Beekman. “Based on available information, it does not appear there is need for further inquiry.”

Pardon? Let’s revisit:

By pleading guilty to the charges, Nasser admitted that as a doctor, he was in a position of authority over his victims, and that he used that position to coerce them to submit to the penetration. All of the victims in the Michigan cases were under the age of 16 and three were younger than 13.

In a separate federal case, Nassar was sentenced in December 2017 to 60 years in federal prison — 20 years on each of three counts — on child pornography charges to which he pleaded guilty. Investigators said he had at least 37,000 videos and images of child pornography, including images of prepubescent children engaged in sex acts.

Oh. Ok NCAA. Go back to superficial investigations into the things that don’t really matter in the big picture.