So if an ISU band member comes out tomorrow and says they were assaulted in Kinnick... you would just believe them right.... and assume they must have been assaulted if they said so.... right?
I'm sure some ISU band members have been assaulted in Kinnick before.... but it's hard to come forward if you have nothing to prove it happened. It would just be a he said, she said thing.
But Barta takes that and runs with it nationally. It made the news, and scrolled across the bottom on ESPN all day. It tarnished ISU's image big time.... and Barta had absolutely NOTHING to go on.
Just like the locker room theft Barta went nationally with. Only to find out after gathering the facts that it was an Iowa fan that broke into Iowa's locker room.... and it was the same private security company that Barta hires to protect their locker rooms in Kinnick too.... it wasn't ISU's security in any way shape or form. Barta is an amateur, and has proven so. Look at the millions he's cost Iowa in discrimination lawsuits over the years.
If a band member were assaulted in Kinnick, I'd fully expect Pollard to release a statement about looking into it. If ESPN scrolls that information that isn't Pollards' doing.
I didn't realize that Iowa fans were allowed entry into the locker rooms during games. Heck I'm gonna sign up for a tour next time Iowa plays in Ames since this seems appropriate to you ISU fans.
I can't beleive how butt hurt ISU fans are by this stuff. If the roles were reversed you'd want Pollard to go nuclear instead of just releasing a statement like Barta did.