The University of Tennessee has recently come under a lot of fire for having a campus that fosters rape. Though many schools have been under criticism for hiding rape or not doing anything about it, what is coming out of Univ. of Tennessee is very troubling. Sports Illustrated wrote an article about a press conference hosted by 16 different coaches.
The way that the media is portraying Univ. of Tennessee is very troubling. They are not discussing Peyton Manning in nearly the amount that they have covered Cam Newton. Manning potentially raped a woman, Newton is too "showy." I think that the rape case certainly deserves more attention. More so, the media is at times not considering the serious nature of rape. They focus on the comments from a coach which says that the environment on campus is "great," but how can campus be a great environment when women and men are being raped? Rape alters ones life and the media needs to take that into account.
McKenzie
There is no media talk of Peyton raping anyone because Peyton didn't not allegedly rape anyone. He allegedly exposed himself to a female trainer. The Tennessee rape case involves current UT football players, where one football player rescued a girl from multiple other athletes from a gang rape, and was then beat up. However, that is a totally different and involves current student athletes. Two different cases
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