Mr. Brooks
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I think we have reached an impasse. You clearly think that the university should be required to have proof beyond almost all doubt. You think anything less than that is flipping the burden of proof. Do you care to address the students that were not disciplined due to lack of evidence? For some reason the university didn't have an agenda against those students? You seem to think that the university is lying when they say that they use the preponderance of evidence standard. You seem to suggest that an accusation alone, with no evidence is enough. But that doesn't really jive with the players who were cleared in this report. By taking the stance that the university has an agenda based conspiracy going on, you move the goalposts to a place where nobody can argue with you because in a conspiracy anything is possible.
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A9 claimed to be playing video games at A3's apartment. A3 told investigators that he wasn't. A9 was disciplined for lying to investigators, not for any sexual conduct. Also, I think A9 was only given probation, not suspended. I don't know that for sure though.
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That is possible, but dependent on a lot of ifs.
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Yeah. The idea is that you get a pitcher equal to Santana in a few years when it matters, as opposed to next year when it's meaningless.
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Twins Roster Projection 2017: Version 1.0
Mr. Brooks replied to Seth Stohs's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
His career FIP is 3.71. I don't think you know what the word upside means.- 87 replies
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Levi- nobody has a right to attend a certain school. So why should guilty beyond a reasonable doubt be the standard here? In a criminal case, yes it absolutely should be, because the government is attempting to take away a right or freedom. But when the stakes are suspension/expulsion it's more akin to a civil case.
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You know that huh? OK. Do you have any evidence to back that up? And I don't mean one sided anecdotal evidence. Do you have any figures showing how often the decision goes against the accused? Any hearing transcripts that we can compare against the decisions? And the burden is on you here because you are claiming a conspiracy that deviates from their stated standard.
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The article you linked states that Harvard's policy goes beyond what title 9 requires. The Strib is reporting that the university of Minnesota uses the preponderance of evidence standard. They are a reputable newspaper. I am going off their reporting.
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Schools can't have a code of conduct covering things that are not a crime? So they can't punish students for cheating on a test or plagiarizing a paper? We'll likely never know the details due to privacy laws, but one of the ten only received probation. That tells me that the school likely determined he wasn't involved in the sex act while the other 9 were. And yes that is just speculation on my part.
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We don't know that reverses the presumption of guilt. You gave one article showing 2 examples that only gave one side of the story. The preponderance of evidence standard does not reverse presumption of guilt. The accuser still has to prove that the violation is more likely than not to have occured.
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So you make the assumption that the U is lying when they say that they follow the preponderance of evidence standard, and guarantee the accused a hearing and appeal, and I'm supposed to somehow be able to refute your purely speculative assumption? OK. I can't do that. You got me.
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And this article stating that the due process policy was unchanged by this. http://m.startribune.com/u-to-roll-out-revised-affirmative-consent-policy/322896321/
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https://policy.umn.edu/operations/sexualassault-appa
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Regardless of what happened that night, and the outcome of this, I sure hope that I've raised a son that will have the moral compass to say, "you know what guys. If she really wants to have sex with ten guys then she will still want it tomorrow when she's sober."
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That is not the same policy that the University of Minnesota uses. The article clearly states that Harvard's policy goes far beyond what title 9 requires. Because one private school went too far with their policy that means they are all bad?
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No, the preponderance of evidence standard does not favor the accuser. What are you basing that opinion on? The examples in the second article only appear to give the accused side of the story. That is not objective journalism.
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Again, that isn't true. The burden of proof is still on the accuser. That article you linked was nothing but hypotheticals. I still have to prove you took that dollar without my permission.
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I just want to state unequivocally that I don't presume to know what happened. And the accused players absolutely have the right to defend themselves. I want to make it clear that I'm not assuming they are guilty. My issue is with the rest of the players, who like me don't know what happened.
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You must have missed ben's post where he said the players might not take her claims seriously because she wanted to hook up with a football player.
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Fangraphs (and other national publications) on the Twins
Mr. Brooks replied to Mike Sixel's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
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Twins looking to add Veterans to Bullpen
Mr. Brooks replied to HitInAPinch's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
If the veterans we have now are not enough to keep things from snowballing, are we sure adding one more will? And, if the veterans we already have aren't equipped to be that guy, do we know for sure that Napoli is the guy who is? I don't disagree that leadership is important, but I'm not buying that losing one veteran had anything to do with the difference between '15 and '16. -
That article is full of misinformation. Affirmative consent policies do not shift the burden of proof to the accused. They simply clarify what consent is. The contract shown in this article is a gimmick. A lack of one of these contacts isn't proof that rape occurred. Everything covered in affirmative consent is already common sense human decency, this just puts it into policy. This is just more fear mongering. (Not from you, but some media outlets). Affirmative consent is not some outrageous thing that turns everyone into a rapist. It's basic human decency. One simple analogy to explain the policies, in fact the way I explained them to my children, is with money. You ask to borrow a dollar. I say yes and give it to you. The next day you take a dollar from me without asking. That isn't OK. You ask to borrow a dollar. I say sure, grab one from my wallet. You go into my wallet and take five dollars. That isn't OK. These are pretty simple, basic, non controversial principles. Somehow when we try to apply them to sex people freak out.
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Her previously trying to hook up with a football player (which is pure speculating on your part) makes it impossible to be raped? This is a disgusting double standard in our society. When men actively pursue sex it is normal and in fact something of an accomplishment. But when women do it they are sluts,and must have nefarious reasons for it. I suppose when men are attracted to, and try to have sex with a beautiful woman, the only possible reason is that they are hoping to get a future supermodel pregnant? Of course that would be silly to suggest. As for the videos, they cover a combined 90 seconds. Isn't it possible that her attempts to stop them occurred during a time frame that wasn't recorded?
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The University investigation wasn't complete at that point.
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I'll always take upside over floor. Especially in the first round. If they can find a safer pick that has ace upside then fine, but if Greene is the only one with ace upside then they better not pass.
