Duke/BYU volleyball alleged "racial slur incident" is a LIE

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So this black Duke volleyball player, Rachel Richardson, claimed that some BYU fan yelled a racial slur at her during a match. They initially believed the accusation and BYU banned one fan from athletic events and issued an apology, and the story has been hyped up all over the Leftist Lamestream media the last few days. I had to hear some garbage report about on the radio riding in to work a few days ago.

But guess what? It's all a lie. It's another Jussie Smollett esque hoax. No one else who was at the match heard any racial slurs being yelled by anyone, police couldn't find any evidence to support the accusation, and reviews of the game video/audio found nothing.

Anyone remember the Duke lacrosse rape allegations years ago, where it was falsely alleged that all these white lacrosse players had raped a black stripper?

What is it with Duke and these "hate crime" hoaxes?

https://foxsportsradio.iheart.com/alternate/amp/2022-09-02-clay-travis-story-about-racial-slur-at-dukebyu-volleyball-game-seems-fake/


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https://www.foxnews.com/sports/duke-volleyball-player-racial-slur-allegation-receives-push-back-witnesses.amp

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Duke volleyball player's racial slur allegation receives pushback from witnesses: report

Witnesses have reportedly come forward saying no racial slurs were heard during the BYU-Duke women's volleyball match last Friday, in which Duke's Rachel Richardson, the only Black starter for the Blue Devils, said she was heckled throughout "the entirety of the match."

Richardson said in a statement that BYU officials were not quick enough to address the situation upon the initial grievance from the Duke bench. BYU noted that the fan, who the Salt Lake Tribune said was a Utah Valley University student sitting in the student section, was banned from all athletic venues on campus.

The BYU Cougar Chronicle a conservative-leaning student newspaper at the university said "a source inside the BYU athletic department" said: "Ms. Richardson complained of hearing a racial slur during the second set but didn't not point anyone out. Officials discussed briefly and stationed policemen thereā€¦there were no more complaints until after the match."

The Chronicle spoke to several students seated in the student section during the game that claimed they "heard absolutely nothing," and that the banned fan did not yell a racial slur before being escorted out of the game.

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The fan was escorted out of Smith Fieldhouse due to "interfering with guests," not for shouting racial slurs, said the BYU Athletics official.

BYU officials said that several athletic employees have been going through footage of the game and have yet to find any evidence of racial slurs being shouted.

"Various BYU Athletics employees have been reviewing video from BYUtv and other cameras in the facility that the volleyball team has access to for film review," BYU officials said in a statement. "This has been ongoing since right after the match on Friday night. The person who was banned was the person identified by Duke as using racial slurs. However, we have been unable to find any evidence of that person using slurs in the match."

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Wow, prominent black media members calling this a hoax:

"Ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you." - John 15:19
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https://www.nationalreview.com/news/byu-investigation-finds-no-evidence-that-fans-hurled-racial-slur-at-duke-volleyball-player/

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In a statement provided to National Review, BYU Athletics described the extent of its investigation into Duke volleyball player Rachel Richardson's claim that BYU fans yelled the n-word at her during an August 26 contest.
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As part of our commitment to take any claims of racism seriously, BYU has completed its investigation into the allegation that racial heckling and slurs took place at the Duke vs. BYU women's volleyball match on August 26. We reviewed all available video and audio recordings, including security footage and raw footage from all camera angles taken by BYUtv of the match, with broadcasting audio removed (to ensure that the noise from the stands could be heard more clearly). We also reached out to more than 50 individuals who attended the event: Duke athletic department personnel and student-athletes, BYU athletic department personnel and student-athletes, event security and management and fans who were in the arena that evening, including many of the fans in the on-court student section. From our extensive review, we have not found any evidence to corroborate the allegation that fans engaged in racial heckling or uttered racial slurs at the event. As we stated earlier, we would not tolerate any conduct that would make a student-athlete feel unsafe. That is the reason for our immediate response and our thorough investigation.
The statement also preemptively pushes back on those who will "assume we are being selective in our review."

"To the contrary, we have tried to be as thorough as possible in our investigation, and we renew our invitation for anyone with evidence contrary to our findings to come forward and share it," argued the university.
It is possible she thought she heard those slurs. Perhaps listening to misinformation from Biden, Democratic Party officials, and BLM really does seep into one's subconsciousness. Should Duke punish the student or let the whole thing slide? Shouldn't she at least apologize for causing so much trouble and embarrassing her university?
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You got to love all the faux outrage from the posters here...... remember... only white people are racist!!
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PackFansXL said:

https://www.nationalreview.com/news/byu-investigation-finds-no-evidence-that-fans-hurled-racial-slur-at-duke-volleyball-player/

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In a statement provided to National Review, BYU Athletics described the extent of its investigation into Duke volleyball player Rachel Richardson's claim that BYU fans yelled the n-word at her during an August 26 contest.
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As part of our commitment to take any claims of racism seriously, BYU has completed its investigation into the allegation that racial heckling and slurs took place at the Duke vs. BYU women's volleyball match on August 26. We reviewed all available video and audio recordings, including security footage and raw footage from all camera angles taken by BYUtv of the match, with broadcasting audio removed (to ensure that the noise from the stands could be heard more clearly). We also reached out to more than 50 individuals who attended the event: Duke athletic department personnel and student-athletes, BYU athletic department personnel and student-athletes, event security and management and fans who were in the arena that evening, including many of the fans in the on-court student section. From our extensive review, we have not found any evidence to corroborate the allegation that fans engaged in racial heckling or uttered racial slurs at the event. As we stated earlier, we would not tolerate any conduct that would make a student-athlete feel unsafe. That is the reason for our immediate response and our thorough investigation.
The statement also preemptively pushes back on those who will "assume we are being selective in our review."

"To the contrary, we have tried to be as thorough as possible in our investigation, and we renew our invitation for anyone with evidence contrary to our findings to come forward and share it," argued the university.
It is possible she thought she heard those slurs. Perhaps listening to misinformation from Biden, Democratic Party officials, and BLM really does seep into one's subconsciousness. Should Duke punish the student or let the whole thing slide? Shouldn't she at least apologize for causing so much trouble and embarrassing her university?

It's a good statement.

Closing with "...our invitation for anyone with any evidence...to come forward and share it" strikes the right balance of "we looked into this well and didn't find anything" and "we are absolutely still open to change our minds if anyone has any actual evidence."

It was weird from the beginning; who sits in the stands at a University calling players the n-word? You'd basically have to be mentally ill at this point to do that so it's not impossible but it just seems exceedingly unlikely it would happen AND nobody else would hear it.

Also reminiscent of the Chris Paul nut punch incident at State (not because of claimed racist speech, but him claiming to hear people slandering his murdered grandfather when I don't think anyone ever corroborated that story and he was magically the only one that heard it.)
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https://www.nationalreview.com/news/byu-investigation-exposes-medias-credulous-coverage-of-volleyball-players-racial-slur-allegation/

Initial media coverage of the event was horrific. Their biases are readily apparent. Their unwillingness to come clean and apologize for leaping to conclusions is part of why we have so many people who believe America is systemically racist. We no longer have a "free press." They are doing our nation a tremendous disservice.
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At CNN, Alisyn Camerota wondered aloud why only one fan had been initially banned from BYU's campus (he has since been exonerated and apologized to by the university) since "Richardson said she heard more than one person using racial slurs toward the black players." Later, during an interview with BYU athletic director Tom Holmoe, Camerota asked "what does it say about the BYU community and culture that this happened?"

Also on CNN, hosts Jim Acosta and Brianna Keilar blindly accepted the facts as Richardson offered them, with Acosta declaring that "a Duke volleyball player is speaking out after she and other black teammates were called racist slurs and threatened during a match against Brigham Young University on Friday," and Keilar asserting that "A Division I volleyball match at Brigham Young University turned really ugly when black players from Duke University endured racial slurs from at least one fan in the crowd."

Richardson's claims were also featured prominently during an August 30 episode of ABC's Good Morning America.

ABC News correspondent Janai Norman said she was "really impressed" with how the 19-year-old student was handling the situation.

"A lot of grace," concurred host George Stephanopoulos.

The New York Times also ran with the story as told by only one of its participants, headlining its article on the incident "Racial Slur During College Volleyball Game Leads to Fan Suspension" and giving readers the impression that the atmosphere at the match might have easily resulted in racially motivated mob violence.

"Marvin Richardson, the father of the Duke volleyball player, said in an interview late Saturday that a slur was repeatedly yelled from the stands as his daughter was serving, making her fear 'the raucous crowd' could grow violent," reported the Times, seemingly without having independently confirmed this account.

Stephen A. Smith, one of the sports media firm's most visible personalities, launched into an angry on-air rant in which he accused the university of "dereliction of duty."

"I'm saying BYU you did it! By allowing this to happen and not addressing expeditiously, not addressing it with a level of quickness and speed that you should've addressed this with," said Smith.

None of the aforementioned outlets acknowledged reporting by a student newspaper which quoted on the record sources denying that a racial slur was used. They also failed to cover BYU Police Lt. George Besendorfer's announcement that an initial review of game footage failed to identify any perpetrators. ESPN and CNN updated their readers on the results of the BYU investigation on Friday, but the Times had yet to cover the university's statement as of Friday afternoon.

The University of South Carolina, which canceled a volleyball game against BYU over the incident, also did not respond when asked if they regretted the decision given the results of the BYU investigation.

Duke, for its part, did not acknowledge the investigation's findings in a statement released after the results were announced.
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Here's my thoughts on it, and why I found it hard to believe from the get go.

It's plausible that someone would yell a racist slur at an athlete. It's happened before, will probably happen again, particularly when alcohol is involved. That part is easy enough to believe, there could be a person in the crowd at BYU that would do that. When most people think BYU, they think Mormons, and when most people think Mormons, they think white people. Therefore, it seems within the realm of possibility that such an incident could have occurred.

The problem is that in order to believe the story as told, we have to move past the part that is plausible. We have to believe that not only was there someone who called a player a racist slur, we have to believe that they did it more than once. Not only that, we have to believe that they did it repeatedly for several hours. We have to believe that they did it more intensely in the fourth set, after Duke had alerted the BYU staff and police, and those people had been dispatched to the area where the slur was supposed to have originated. We have to believe that the slur was said loud enough for the targeted person to hear it on the court, but that no one else on either team heard it. We have to believe that everyone around this person yelling the slur heard them yelling it multiple times and said nothing. We have to believe that hundreds of college aged people are perfectly fine with their peer using a word that every one knows you cannot use. We have to believe that the BYU men's basketball team, a team with multiple individuals of color, were seated in the same area, and heard a white fan calling a black athlete the N word and did nothing about it. We have to believe that this slur was loud enough for the player to hear it, but somehow not loud enough to be recorded on the video recording of the game.

It may be easy to believe all of those things if you have been taught to believe that America is a despicable racist country, but for most reasonable people, the weight of all of the implausibility has to tilt the scale in favor of the incident not happening as described. In my lifetime of 42 years living in mostly rural North Carolina, I've heard many people use racist slurs in certain company. I've only ever heard one white person call a person of color the N word to their face, and that individual needed medical attention shortly thereafter. Racism most definitely exists in many forms, but if is my belief that if the incidents of overt racism have become so few that they have to be fabricated, then perhaps our country isn't as evil and racist as we've been lead to believe.
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Help me with this one as I haven't followed the storyā€¦. I see the post by Wilmington; however, has this incident been proven a hoax?

If so, did the accuser get suspended by the Duke?
On the illegal or criminal immigrantsā€¦

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Read my posts from today. BYU put out the results of their thorough investigation.

So far, Duke has failed to acknowledge BYU's findings.
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well said, wilmy
bgr3
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The demand for racist incidents is vastly higher than the supply.

She's an entrepreneur, when you think about it.
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bgr3 said:

The demand for racist incidents is vastly higher than the supply.

She's an entrepreneur, when you think about it.
Not to mention her whackjob racist Godmother who took to twitter and went on an anti-white rant. Oh.. and she's running for a judiciary position in Texas!!

And the biggest race flamer of them all, LeFraud James, chimed in already and declared it to be legit!! Just like the graffiti on the front of his house it's all damn fake.

Jussie Smollett anyone?
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Makhtar N'Diaye weepsā€¦
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Just an embarrassing story overall.
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I don't think it's a hoax. I believe that SHE believes what she heard. But based on the investigation, I don't think that what she heard is what she THINKS she heard. That seems like the most plausible scenario to me.
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dogplasma said:

I don't think it's a hoax. I believe that SHE believes what she heard. But based on the investigation, I don't think that what she heard is what she THINKS she heard. That seems like the most plausible scenario to me.
We've also gotten to a place where the demand for racismto justify the allegations of "systemic racism" and the racialist "anti-racism"far outstrips the supply, so outrages have to be manufactured.
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News coverage of incidents like this is part of many reasons that I don't watch local or national news anymore. I do occasionally watch a weather broadcast, then change the channel or turn the tv off altogether. However, the weather folks are as wrong seemingly more often than their on-air colleagues, so you can't really believe them, either.

Seems to me there are a few folks from Duke, admin, coaches, players, parents/guardians; that malcontent ***** and her admininstation at South Carolina, and a lot of media folks that owe BYU and this young woman an apology.
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hokiewolf said:

dogplasma said:

I don't think it's a hoax. I believe that SHE believes what she heard. But based on the investigation, I don't think that what she heard is what she THINKS she heard. That seems like the most plausible scenario to me.
We've also gotten to a place where the demand for racismto justify the allegations of "systemic racism" and the racialist "anti-racism"far outstrips the supply, so outrages have to be manufactured.


Meh, claiming a fam was yelling slurs is not (or should not) be any type of evidence of systemic racism

I read this more of as a sick influencer (the godmother) who has convinced this young woman, likely for a political statement.
I guess we don't "know", but in this era, someone would have supported the claims. You don't have to be black to be offended by those kinds of slurs. I understand the BYU BB team wa in that same areaā€¦I can't imagine that type of abuse would have passed with those guys there. Someone would have pulled a phone out and taped it.

I'm not sure what the punishment should beā€¦if it was a lie, it's one that plays on the worst of peoples fears and makes it much tougher for real victims to be believed.

But I know Jay Bilas has doubled down with his support, amd has been rightly "ratio'd" for it.

This case proves why it's best to wait it out before any judging or commenting. Guys like Bilas and Dawn Staley have created an aura of guilt on BYU that can't be easily undone
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dogplasma said:

I don't think it's a hoax. I believe that SHE believes what she heard. But based on the investigation, I don't think that what she heard is what she THINKS she heard. That seems like the most plausible scenario to me.
Spoken like a true lefty MARXIST.... The most plausible is that she LIED. She made up the entire story. I guess you are saying that as long as she believes it then it must be true. And judging from the posts made previously by her Godmother the racism in this family runs deep.

Oh... that's right... black people can't be racist can they?

I'm sure if there was a white person accusing blacks of slinging out racist comments you wouldn't be so quick to defend them.

But keep toting that party bucket of water. Every post you make solidifies your position in the MARXIST PARTY.

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dogplasma said:

I don't think it's a hoax. I believe that SHE believes what she heard. But based on the investigation, I don't think that what she heard is what she THINKS she heard. That seems like the most plausible scenario to me.


If the story was that it happened once, sure.

The official story and letter she put out said it was repeated every time she served, got worse over the course of the game. What I do think happened is she didn't like something that was said/done by someone and was aware of the size of the weapon she was wielding, while not thinking a step or two ahead in the moment.

WRAL story had a Duke student asking "what would she gain by saying this?" I have to believe being that blind to the social currency of victimhood (particularly this variety) is a fish not knowing theyre wet situation.
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Exactly.... all she did was position herself for a career as a CNN/MSNBC/ABC/CBS/NBC "contributor" and as a political activist.

They should question everyone at the game, everyone on the benches and when it is further solidified that this opportunist race baiter lied she should be expelled from school.

But that won't happen. Being black gets you the free "I can call everyone and everything racist without any repercussions" card. And if anyone thinks that "black privilege" doesn't exist explain all the push for "equity" and not "equality."

And her being a black female... HOLY HELL... she could murder someone and claim they said something racists and she'd be guest hosting the View. Especially if the victim was a white, Christian male!!
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I'm thinking along similar lines mentioned in here that I have a hard time believing that something was said repeatedly and nobody in the venue would've heard it and nobody would've said something to make it stop or corroborate her story. Mormons are a lot of things, but hate filled is not one of those things, in my opinion. Bad drivers, of course, but not hateful.

Hopefully she misheard something and it's as simple as that. I just hope this wasn't something that was either premeditated or got to a point where she had to CYA, and a predominantly white school made for an easy target.
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hokiewolf said:

dogplasma said:

I don't think it's a hoax. I believe that SHE believes what she heard. But based on the investigation, I don't think that what she heard is what she THINKS she heard. That seems like the most plausible scenario to me.
We've also gotten to a place where the demand for racismto justify the allegations of "systemic racism" and the racialist "anti-racism"far outstrips the supply, so outrages have to be manufactured.
i think that's kind of a generic explanation. JMHO, but I don't see the motivation for a woman who's working toward a degree from Duke, presumably while on scholarship, to make accusations in an environment where they can so obviously be confirmed or denied by hundreds of surrounding fans, teammates, and staff. Not that you can't be smart and not have a screw loose (who knows), but it seems like a way easier explanation that she misheard something. Maybe something she's heard before in her life that would make her especially sensitive to it.
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" Bad drivers, of course, but not hateful. "

Lol
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Steve Videtich said:

I'm thinking along similar lines mentioned in here that I have a hard time believing that something was said repeatedly and nobody in the venue would've heard it and nobody would've said something to make it stop or corroborate her story. Mormons are a lot of things, but hate filled is not one of those things, in my opinion. Bad drivers, of course, but not hateful.

Hopefully she misheard something and it's as simple as that. I just hope this wasn't something that was either premeditated or got to a point where she had to CYA, and a predominantly white school made for an easy target.
You read her Godmother's tweets? It's 100% more plausible it was a setup than that it actually happened. The more layers of the onion that are coming off the more and more this looks entirely made up.

Where are her teammates? Where are the fans in the area, many who were black? Surely this day and age in an educated environment any statement such as this would have immediately been pointed out by more than just ONE race baiting opportunist right? Clearly she lied. Double downed on her lies and now the story has national legs and people want accountability. Something you lefties have NO IDEA about.

Plasma, along with several other lefty posters on here, wanted this story to be true so bad they developed tennis elbow the first few days after it came out.

Now... they are relying on "it's her truth if she believes it BS.."

How freaking pathetic of a life must you live to try and spin this story into her being a victim like Plasma is trying to do?
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I haven't said she was a victim - that's something YOU fabricated. Again, I said that she probably misheard what she thought she heard. Period. It makes the most sense. There could be other reasons or motives, but then you get into what she had to gain or lose by lying in a situation with video and witnesses galore. The only victim here is the guy who was falsely ID'd.
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dogplasma said:

I haven't said she was a victim - that's something YOU fabricated. Again, I said that she probably misheard what she thought she heard. Period. It makes the most sense. There could be other reasons or motives, but then you get into what she had to gain or lose by lying in a situation with video and witnesses galore. The only victim here is the guy who was falsely ID'd.
Ha Ha!!! So.. the rest of the entire people in attendance never heard anything at all? She is the only one that did?

I think I just heard you call me a derogatory name... I really did. I'm gonna call my Godmother and have you exposed.

See what I did there? You were hoping like hell it was true and that it was a Trump supporter. Don't lie... you know it's true.
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LOL, dude, your train of thought has officially jumped the tracks. I'm calling this thread officially dead at 21:11.
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Even if it's a case of "she thought she heard it", she alerted the staff that she thought it was happening, which is why an officer and others became involved. After they were involved she still apparently thought she was hearing it despite nobody else on her team, in the stands, etc hearing it. At that point in time, an adult should tell her, you're hearing things, because there's no conceivable way that a person would be able to continue to call you the N word and none of the rest of us hear it, and that should be the end of the "incident". Maybe someone will come forward with some evidence that corroborates her story, and if so I'll change my mind, but at this point, IMO, she and many others owe the people of BYU an apology.
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South Carolina and Dawn Staley do for sure.
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wilmwolf80 said:

Even if it's a case of "she thought she heard it", she alerted the staff that she thought it was happening, which is why an officer and others became involved. After they were involved she still apparently thought she was hearing it despite nobody else on her team, in the stands, etc hearing it. At that point in time, an adult should tell her, you're hearing things, because there's no conceivable way that a person would be able to continue to call you the N word and none of the rest of us hear it, and that should be the end of the "incident". Maybe someone will come forward with some evidence that corroborates her story, and if so I'll change my mind, but at this point, IMO, she and many others owe the people of BYU an apology.


This.
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Steve Videtich said:

South Carolina and Dawn Staley do for sure.
Absolutely!
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dogplasma
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I don't really disagree with any of that. It's hardly a hot and controversial take to say she probably misheard something. I don't know the details of everything that happened so I can't really say if or when someone should have challenged her. She probably won't issue any follow up because she still thinks she heard what she heard.
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Steve Videtich said:

South Carolina and Dawn Staley do for sure.
I think so as well. Staley is known for being outspoken, but to talk about fear for her players as justification was inflammatory to begin with, and is particularly so now that it was found to not be verifiable.
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