Rape On College Campuses

At college campuses, rape reports have become more frequent. But, for how often campus rape occurs it doesn't get reported as much. One reason for this is because many of the perpetrators are college athletes. Universities have done many things to hide it from the general public when someone is sexually assaulted on their campus. Universities can hide it when their players commit campus rape because they are often responsible for the investigation. Campus rape is unacceptable and athletes committing these heinous acts should be held responsible; both the University and police departments need to do a better job in solving campus rape.

Universities are responsible for handling sexual assault campus rather than the police. Police departments,

College sport, especially, football and basketball bring in a lot of revenue. Additional money comes from T.V., it brings in a lot of revenue by networks buying the rights to televise certain games. Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN) “signed a reported $7.3 billion deal for the college playoffs in 2012”(Pallotta). A basketball tournament, March Madness, earns colleges an enormous amount of money. “[Universities] can net $1.67 million just for appearing in [the] tournament regardless of whether they win. They earn about $5 million making it to the round of 16 and $8.3 million if they reach the Final Four”(Berr). Furthermore, many universities officials can feel like losing an athlete can be too hard on them because bonuses in their contracts. Some school officials can turn a blind eye because they have bonuses for winning a number of games and championships. For example, the University of Michigan coach, John Harbaugh, can receive $250,000 for winning the Big Ten championship ($250,000), and $500,000 for winning a national championship

According to a study, female undergraduate students are more likely than others students’ to be sexually assaulted at college campuses (Kingkade). The possibility of a female undergraduate student being sexually assaulted could be because they are more vulnerable than other groups of students; they might be insecure and lack confidence. When females are sexually assaulted at college campuses many things can happen to them including transferring or dropping to of college. Not disciplining an athlete when they commit campus rape can be emotionally draining to the victims because they have to walk around the school campus seeing their perpetrator being praised for winning games and not being disciplined when they hurt someone. A prime is Erika Kinsman. She claimed that former Florida State University quarterback, Jamies Winston, sexually assaulted her. It took about a year for Florida State to question Jamies and since he wouldn't answer any questions they decided not to discipline him (The Hunting Ground). A Universities main goal is not to protect students’ when they are sexually assaulted their main goal is to make sure that their alums’ who donate millions, are happy and keep on