A Year and a Half Later, Duke President Offers Meaningless Apology to Lacrosse Players

Published: September 29, 2007, 10:28 am

Filed under: College SportsThe president of Duke University, Richard Brodhead, today offered an utterly meaningless apology to the three Duke lacrosse players who were falsely accused of rape.The full text of the apology is here, and the key portion is this:First and foremost, I regret our failure to reach out to the lacrosse players and their families in this time of extraordinary peril. Given the complexities of the case, getting this communication right would never have been easy. But the fact is that we did not get it right, causing the families to feel abandoned when they most needed support. This was a mistake. I take responsibility for it, and I apologize.Absurd. Broadhead didn't just fail to reach out, he actively worked to perpetuate the notion that these three innocent men were guilty. By canceling the lacrosse team's season and pressuring the coach to resign, he gave credence to the idea that the lacrosse team had done something warranting punishment. If Brodhead wants to

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