Why did the university cancel the lacrosse season and remove the coach if it presumed the players to be innocent? Why did it decide later to resume playing lacrosse?
Duke forfeited two games in response to acknowledged inappropriate behaviors by lacrosse team members. Subsequently, with the Durham district attorney saying he was investigating 46 players for possible involvement in a gang rape, President Brodhead decided it was inappropriate for Duke to keep playing lacrosse. “Sports have their time and place, but when an issue of this gravity is in question, it is not the time to be playing games,” Brodhead said. His decision came after team members said play should be suspended at least until results emerged on the DNA evidence. (Initial results came on April 10; selected results of a subsequent test were released on May 12). Brodhead made clear at the time that his decision was not intended to be a judgment of guilt about any of the players but was unavoidable with so many players facing serious charges. On April 5, he accepted the resignation of lacrosse coach Mike Pressler, stressing that the coach’s departure was not an assessment of his playi
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