Positive effect
We wrote during SEC media days that the league should hire Brenda Tracy to come to speak to every football team in the league. Tracy, who was drugged and gang raped by four guys in and around the Oregon State football program 16 years ago, has spoken to Nebraska, which is now coached by Mike Riley, who was the coach at Oregon State at the time Tracy was attacked, and most recently Baylor University.
It’s a powerful message on arguably one of the most dangerous and controversial problems facing all universities in general, and the high-profile athletic programs in particular.
It makes a ton of sense, and it’s not like the SEC football programs can’t afford to set up the arrangements. In fact, here’s a call for as many public speakers who have real-life experience and the fallout that comes with issues facing college athletes.
Take the recent move by new Georgia coach Kirby Smart.