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Report clears Bollant

While the Franczek Radelet report came as bad news for athletic director Mike Thomas, the investigation was the second one to clear women's basketball coach Matt Bollant of any wrongdoing.

A number of women's basketball players alleged mistreatment of injuries by Bollant and the sports medicine staff, but the investigation found these claims to be unsubstantiated.

The report said that "sports medicine staff and coaches acted to protect student-athlete welfare with respect to injury management in a systematic and commendable manner."

The investigation did say coaches sometimes questioned the extent of injuries, but they never pushed or pressured athletic trainers, doctors or players to play when they were injured.