Michigan State suspends Mel Tucker amid harassment caseQuote:
Michigan State football coach Mel Tucker has been suspended without pay while the university completes an investigation into claims that he sexually harassed a prominent sexual assault awareness speaker after she was hired to address the Spartan team.
Athletic director Alan Haller announced Tucker's interim suspension Sunday night, less than 24 hours after news of the claims against the fourth-year head coach was made public in reports from ESPN and USA Today. Interim university President Teresa Woodruff appeared alongside Haller at a news conference and said she fully supported Haller's decision.
Looks like MSU found a way to fire Tucker with cause so they don't have to pay the $77 million remaining on his contract. They invite a sexual harassment speaker to be honorary team captain to raise awareness and the coach proceeds to sexually harass her. Brilliant...
Tucker is a complete idiot for hitting on a sexual harassment speaker, but the possibility that this was a set-up to fire him with cause to get out of a contract that's arguably worse than our own situation cannot be discounted.