Sherrone Moore's former assistant calls out 'systemic failures' at Michigan

HampshireBlue said:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2026/03/09/sherrone-moore-michigan-assistant-statement-update-charges-plead/89066692007/ "This case is about far more than one terrifying incident," the statement read from Andrew M. Stroth and Steven A. Hart, two Chicago-based lawyers. "It raises urgent and troubling questions about how a powerful figure within a major university athletic program was able to engage in years of inappropriate conduct toward a subordinate without meaningful intervention or oversight. "Our client believes strongly that she may not be the only person who experienced inappropriate, coercive, or predatory behavior from this individual."

andrewhfine said:

I'll take "things you might say if you want to be able to sue the deepest pockets available" for $500 Alex. Of course she is claiming this. And she'll likely get a check out of this.

andrewhfine said:

I'll take "things you might say if you want to be able to sue the deepest pockets available" for $500 Alex. Of course she is claiming this. And she'll likely get a check out of this.

Sasquatch616 said:

I must have missed the part where her lawyers stated she was an adult who was also willingly engaged in inappropriate behavior?

MaxRuns88 said:

This is a situation in which it is both good and bad to have very deep pockets. On the one hand, nobody is suing a community college in the same situation (most likely) as you can’t squeeze water from a rock. Michigan having the second largest public endowment in the country, and a top 5 funded athletic department, doesn’t hurt the argument to sue. No, I am not saying she doesn’t have a legitimate claim, I have absolutely no idea, I’m just saying being the Michigan athletic department is a place of somewhat vulnerability in that people know you have the money, and often paying out to avoid further embarrassment (discovery here could be a total bloodbath, imagine the sort of texts Moore and latroy traded, for instance) is the prudent move. My guess is this is settled quickly.

Smithk1 said:

True, but there is a power imbalance there. And Sherrone had very creepy behavior.

Sasquatch616 said:

I must have missed the part where her lawyers stated she was an adult who was also willingly engaged in inappropriate behavior?

Dr.Wolverine said:

The way the law works it really doesnt matter. He has power and authority over her and thats what will be significant. Imbalance of power is bad. She supposedly has a pretty active past with multiple players and coaches, but I doubt any of that will play a part in this.

Sasquatch616 said:

Oh I understand how things work, but I still can wish for some actual individual accountability can't I?

andrewhfine said:

I'll take "things you might say if you want to be able to sue the deepest pockets available" for $500 Alex. Of course she is claiming this. And she'll likely get a check out of this.

Sasquatch616 said:

I must have missed the part where her lawyers stated she was an adult who was also willingly engaged in inappropriate behavior?

HampshireBlue said:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2026/03/09/sherrone-moore-michigan-assistant-statement-update-charges-plead/89066692007/ "This case is about far more than one terrifying incident," the statement read from Andrew M. Stroth and Steven A. Hart, two Chicago-based lawyers. "It raises urgent and troubling questions about how a powerful figure within a major university athletic program was able to engage in years of inappropriate conduct toward a subordinate without meaningful intervention or oversight. "Our client believes strongly that she may not be the only person who experienced inappropriate, coercive, or predatory behavior from this individual."

Dr.Wolverine said:

The way the law works it really doesnt matter. He has power and authority over her and thats what will be significant. Imbalance of power is bad. She supposedly has a pretty active past with multiple players and coaches, but I doubt any of that will play a part in this.

Coachlance9 said:

Can we please get rid of Warde....Whether she bears some blame or not, I mean what the heck keeps that guy employed. I know I am also beating a dead horse here, but having served in multiple legal departments within companies, there is not one executive I have ever worked with that would have been employed past the first few incidents, if for no other reason than financial exposure to the company for keeping them on board.

Coachlance9 said:

Can we please get rid of Warde....Whether she bears some blame or not, I mean what the heck keeps that guy employed. I know I am also beating a dead horse here, but having served in multiple legal departments within companies, there is not one executive I have ever worked with that would have been employed past the first few incidents, if for no other reason than financial exposure to the company for keeping them on board.

HampshireBlue said:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2026/03/09/sherrone-moore-michigan-assistant-statement-update-charges-plead/89066692007/ "This case is about far more than one terrifying incident," the statement read from Andrew M. Stroth and Steven A. Hart, two Chicago-based lawyers. "It raises urgent and troubling questions about how a powerful figure within a major university athletic program was able to engage in years of inappropriate conduct toward a subordinate without meaningful intervention or oversight. "Our client believes strongly that she may not be the only person who experienced inappropriate, coercive, or predatory behavior from this individual."