Since 2008, Michigan State has had one of the most successful, and innovative, athletic departments, pertaining to on-field results, of any in the country. However, behind closed doors, evil was taking place in the sports clinic in the form of Larry Nassar.
The “doctor” was accused time and time again of sexual abuse by unsuspecting female athletes over the years, but trainers and gymnastics coaches turned blind eyes.
Hollis first learned about the abuse in 2016 despite a Title IX investigation taking place in 2014 — and that may have been his biggest mistake. He should have been informed of such a matter that was putting student-athletes or just young females in harm’s way.