Sexual assault charges filed this week against Wisconsin wide receiver Quintez Cephus — along with several other university athletic departments under scrutiny — prompted a member of the UW Board of Regents to question university leaders about the extent of their awareness regarding financial and behavior practices within UW-Madison athletics.
In scandals engulfing other schools, athletic departments have sometimes insulated potentially damaging information from the university.
"It is one of the areas where, historically, powerful people have been able to hide," regent Robert Atwell said at the board's Friday meeting in Madison.