SUNY steps in to oversee audit of BU athletic program

Last Friday, SUNY and its trustees, announced an independent audit of BU's athletic program. First, Nancy Zimpher (SUNY's chancellor) and Lois DeFleur (BU's president) will get together to discuss the audit.

The last two weeks, six basketball team members were dismissed. One of those players was Emanuel "Tiki" Mayben, who was charged for cocaine-sale. The other five players, were kicked off the team, due to "unspecified rules violations". These six team members have already been released.

During this period, Joe Thirer got his job back as athletics director. And Sally Dear thinks the university didn't reassign her, due to her criticisms of the athletics program, in public. But she will be the adjunct in human development, during the audit.

There will be an external consultant to audit the program. Thanks to this consultant, it will assure that they follow America East and NCAA policies and procedures. This process will require transparency and accountability. The audit should finally bring the confidence in the athletics program back.

In addition to this audit, there's another lawsuit against BU. At first, two athletics officials forced Elizabeth Williams to use her sexuality, so they could get big donors. After that, she couldn't keep it a secret, and told the BU officials. Due to this action, the two athletics officials took punitive measures against her.

So there's a lot going on at BU. I hope the audit will give us more answers about these events. It's necessary that people get their trust back.

* SUNY : State University of New York
* BU : Binghamton University, and it's one of the four university centers in SUNY

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