October 27, 2000

In Online Report, U. of Kansas Admits Mishandling Alleged Assault Involving Athletes

Athletics departments do not usually like to admit their problems. At the University of Kansas, however, athletics directors have owned up to mishandling an incident over the summer, in which a female soccer player allegedly was assaulted by two football players.

On its athletics Web site (http://www.jayhawks.org), Kansas published a report that takes the department to task for not having people in place to work with athletes who have suffered sexual

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