Tom Izzo and Mark Dantonio might not be for long at Michigan State after the latest fallout from the Larry Nassar’s scandal. MSU officials are resigning left and right to get out of dodge.
Will Izzo and Dantonio be able to survive these allegations?
In addition to the Nassar situation, Paula Lavigne and Nicole Noren of ESPN’s Outside the Lines released a report Friday detailing efforts made by Michigan State to withhold information regarding cases involving sexual assault and violence against women.
Lavigne wrote that MSU went to great lengths to hide the identity of athletes who were accused of crimes.
She also mentioned 16 Michigan State football players facing allegations of sexual assault or violence against women during head coach Mark Dantonio’s tenure.
With regard to head coach Tom Izzo’s basketball program, former undergraduate assistant Travis Walton was alleged to have punched one woman and sexually assaulted another.
Former MSU basketball players Adreian Payne and Keith Appling were also alleged to have raped a former MSU student in 2010, but charges were not filed and neither player was disciplined.
We will see what happens.