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Colorado Football placekicker raped.

Feb 17, 2004 3:15PM PST
http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Central/02/17/colorado.kicker.rape.ap/index.html

A female placekicker says she was raped by a teammate at the University of Colorado four years ago and didn't tell police because she was too frightened -- another hit to the scandal-plagued football program. Katie Hnida makes the allegation in the upcoming edition of Sports Illustrated. She issued a statement Tuesday through the University of New Mexico, where she is a student, saying she was "healing" from "horrors endured" at Colorado.

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Why the controversy about knowing McCartney? I think he left long before
Feb 17, 2004 11:11PM PST

any of these incidents.

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I found that last paragraph ...
Feb 18, 2004 1:15AM PST

... puzzling too. Didn't see why Promise Keepers needed to be thrown into the mix.

If this woman was assaulted, she should press charges. Unfortunately since she didn't do so at the time, it is even worse than a he said she said deal as any contemporary occurrences that might corroborate one or the other's story will be gone.

I find the timing very poor here. The football program has a problem with this stripper recruit thing, but this allegation has the effect of further smearing the football program for the actions of a single player. I don't know how the program or coach can be responsible for this when they were never given an opportunity to do something about the incident as it was never reported. So it leaves you with that hint that the recruiting practices led to assembling a team of sexually aggressive men.

This has been a problem with elite athletes -- college and pro -- for a long time. Perhaps college programs could work more closely with organizations such as that formed by a bunch of former NBA wives to educate and try to prevent this from happening.

Evie Happy

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"It takes a village"?
Feb 18, 2004 1:29AM PST

In many ways a college campus, especially for the students that live in dorms on campus, is like a small village. In that circumstance it's a bit more understandable that a young woman might not want to have a rape story about her circulated around, even if true. It's a shame, but it means a lot of men who could have been stopped from raping women right then and there, continue to rape till someone finally does report them.

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Curiously,
Feb 18, 2004 1:43AM PST

if I read the article correctly, it was only an attempted rape. I get your point, and hers, however, as it seems she didn't want to be the reason for controversy for this player. If he is an important member of the team, it is easy how campus sentiment would turn against her.

It seems to me that with alcohol flowing and the looseness of housing (co-ed dorms and the like), it isn't at all surprising that rape or sexual assault is so common on campuses. In the other hand, for every predatory male, there is a potential to foster relationships with men who look out for you. I had a number of male friends that did just that for me, and if they saw a shady character trying to take advantage they came to my rescue.

There are no easy answers here, but surely the team sanctioned use of sex parties for recruiting sends a wrong message from the get go!

Evie Happy