Once again we have a controversy taking away from a great start by one of our teams. I know Barta didn't cause this, but his handling of it just is atrocious. Can we please get rid of him?
Yet again
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Someone who knows about these types of things should start a petition to get rid of Barta once and for all. That should be followed by Prez Herald and then the rest of the useless athletic department. Complete incompetence by those in power, with the only goal being to cover their own asses. Reminds me of executive leadership at every company I have ever worked for. Pathetic excuses for leaders and humans.
Like has been mentioned, most of us are fine with the job he is doing. But carry on with banging your heads against the wall...
If there really is a credible sexual assault allegation, goddamn right.
Shoot, I might not attend another Iowa game again until he's gone if it is indeed true he tried to sweep it under the rug.
Shoot, I might not attend another Iowa game again until he's gone if it is indeed true he tried to sweep it under the rug.
He isn't sweeping anything criminal under the rug. Who the hell do you think he is? It's just out of his hands as far as the athletic department goes because the offenders are not under the AD. This is now a civil/criminal matter. Better that he and Pollard recuse themselves from the individual investigations and just work to make it safer in the future.
I'm reserving judgment until all the facts come out. But if what is being reported turns out to be true, yeah, that's a problem for me. If it were my daughter, someone would be getting physically hurt.
Barta can do nothing about an Iowa State student molesting a band member other than what he's done. What's he supposed to do, pick a fight with Pollard over it? Get real.
We are good at most sports, and all of our coaches like him, so let’s get rid of him.
Like I said, it depends if he purposely tried to sweep this under the rug.
Yes, no shit he's not a prosecutor. Not the point.
I see you already have made up your mind.
Yep, you are right, Barta didn't do anything wrong. Just like he didn't do anything wrong in the multiple lawsuits in which the courts said otherwise.
https://www.press-citizen.com/story...ysical-sexual-assault-allegations/2384185001/
After reading this, he needs to go if he really told the student band members there are more pressing matters to be concerned with. #firebarta.
Seems Barta does something embarrassing to the university about once every 8-10 months now. That's way too much.
If this is what it has come to Iowa should just drop the series. There is no football cred gained by beating the clowns, we have to deal with prepping for a team that treats the game like their Superbowl every year, and now we have to suffer alleged verbal, physical and sexual abuse to boot? Just exactly what is the upside???
What would need to be investigated is where was security if it was to be provided. I'd say ISU's insurance is gonna be paying out to someone.
You know whoever the turds were that perpetrated this bragged about it the next day to someone. Somebody knows who did it beyond the person or persons who did it.
Where did you read that Barta said this? I have not seen this anywhere, and this kind of made-up quotes are what make your argument ridiculous.
Barta has not way to pursue this. What is he supposed to do? Cancel the series? That isn't going to punish the criminals who did this.
This. The perpetrators of the assault are who needs to be punished. A lot of ridiculously misdirected anger here.
You're right and it is probably all over their social media accounts if someone knew where to look. Have you seen the documentary "Roll Red Roll"?
I get why the band members are mad at Barta but he has little power to do much. As for the fans, first he over reacted and now he has under reacted. I do think that Barta should have turned this over to the police and perhaps that is something Pollard is doing but what else can Barta do? He has no power over the security, video cameras around the stadium, ISU students and staff. All he can really do is question the band and possibly refer them to police. His main power is making sure there are safeguards around this in the future.
We should be patient and wait to see what falls out of this. Perhaps we will find out that he did not do all that he should have done. Perhaps we will find out the opposite. But we should be paying attention and not forgetting that this happened.
We should be patient and wait to see what falls out of this. Perhaps we will find out that he did not do all that he should have done. Perhaps we will find out the opposite. But we should be paying attention and not forgetting that this happened.
Why don't the band members just go to the police directly if they feel the athletic dept isn't handling it correctly? If someone was truly sexually assaulted, they don't need the athletic dept to be involved to file a complaint with the local authorities. And if it truly happened, then there would likely have been dozens of witnesses to back their account.
Add another PR blunder to the list.
https://www.blackheartgoldpants.com/2019/2/25/18238328/iowa-athletic-director-scandal-gary-barta
https://www.blackheartgoldpants.com/2019/2/25/18238328/iowa-athletic-director-scandal-gary-barta
What's amazing to me is how much Iowa fans have complained about Barta over the years and now so many are rushing to his defense.
Soooo....the University took it upon themselves to bring national attention to this story. And now they've backed out without anything being clearly established as to what did or didn't happen. What a debacle.
Trust me. The ineptness is not just the AD or his dept . It's a systemic problem throughout the entire university.
If this incident has not been handled properly by the Iowa administration to the satisfaction of a majority of the band members by the M. Tennessee game, then the band should vote on whether or not to boycott the game and/or the rest of the season...
Not saying it is his fault that something might have happened, but his handling of it so far has been atrocious.
Comes out with a press release when it should have been kept in house until they actually knew something, then says they are ending the investigation and now band members are coming out saying the athletic department has let them down.
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This is the issue. I don't expect Barta to be able to resolve what happened but he brought the spotlight on himself with this, which again, is a complete PR no-no. I doubt (hope) he is ignoring or covering anything up, but the whole AD needs to spend a bunch of money on a legitimate PR firm.
If Barta does indeed have a student/parent telling him about this assault he damn well has an obligation to press thos with the authorities. Suggesting everything is OK because he reported it to authorities is not sufficient. Isn't that what Paterno did? He reported it to his supervisor then trusted them to "do the right thing". Barta and the U of I have access to media and resources none of us do.
I think it is possible Barta realized after the initial press release that it would have been better to initiate an investgation quietly and push it that way. Barta and KF absolutely DO NOT want the ISU game to go away. It is a guaranteed sellout at markup prices and a likely win.
I think if there was a poll, a strong majority would disapprove of the job he has done. He just comes off as weak.
You are assuming that he hasn't done this. All Barta can do is report it to the authorities. He cannot release any more information about it without violating privacy laws.
I am really sick of all of the hubris in these threads. Actions are already being taken. If nothing can be done about it, it's not Barta's fault.
Because we know maybe 70% of the picture. And it involves Jamie Pollard and Iowa State.
His statement that it was too difficult to assign responsibility and they were moving on to the future is what is driving the anger here.
I hope the students who were injured and assaulted filed legal complaints.
You would think that common sense would dictate this, but some just have their own agenda...
