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President-elect Donald Trump referred to disparaging and sexually aggressive comments he made about women in 2005 as locker-room talk when confronted with video evidence of his remarks while on the campaign trail. His exact words during the second presidential debate being: This was locker-room talk. Im not proud of it. Yes, Im very embarrassed by it, and I hate it, but its locker-room talk.With so few Americans being privy to open and honest male-athlete banter in the locker room, many questioned if there was truth to his statement.However, as fate would have it, over the past month, we have gotten a glimpse into what a limited group of college athletes have actually said behind seemingly closed doors. Sadly, it wasnt far from Trumps description.In early October, a 2012 version of the Harvard mens soccer teams scouting report was released via the schools newspaper,?the Harvard Crimson. The report, as dubbed by its authors, was an annual ranking of the recruits for the universitys womens soccer team, which was based on their perceived likelihood to engage in sexual activity, physical features and overall sexual appeal (in addition to their positions on the soccer field).Not long after the release of the scouting report, we learned the schools mens cross-country team had devised a similar, albeit less explicit, spreadsheet for evaluating athletes on the womens cross-country team.Then in early November, group text messages from Columbias mens wrestling team surfaced. These messages disparaged women for apparently wanting equal treatment, reduced women to mere sexual beings and used homophobic and racist slurs.After school administrators investigated the content of the lists and messages (documents), Harvard canceled the remainder of its soccer teams season and Columbia suspended its wrestling team. But is that enough? And is it just? Many legal professionals have begun questioning the fairness and legality of the suspensions.These legitimate questions (see below) need answers.Im here to provide some.Legally, what disciplinary actions can universities take against student-athletes?Student-athletes have rights, but as representatives of their private universities, those rights are limited by school codes. The First Amendment to our Constitution says, Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech. The key word is Congress, meaning the government. The government generally cannot limit speech, but private schools certainly can. Therefore, if student-athletes at Harvard and Columbia say or write things that are at odds with the schools moral and ethical codes, they can be punished for it. Both institutions have expressed concerns that the behavior is the complete antithesis of what they stand for and the communities they strive to foster.Privacy rights really arent at issue here. Neither institution was responsible for unearthing the documents. Either someone directly involved with their making or some third party provided the documents to school newspapers and officials. Additionally, neither university has revealed the identities of the people involved. Documents provided for public consumption were heavily redacted, protecting the identities of the authors and the subjects.The identities we do know are those of the six brave, eloquent women from Harvards soccer team who issued a statement, Stronger Together. They laid out their feelings about the report and society as a whole in an effort to combat sexism and misogyny and to give themselves a voice in a conversation that had largely focused on the perpetrators, not the victims.Speaking of the ladies referenced or indicated -- do they have any rights?It appears that Harvard has contacted the women in the report, suggesting the school is taking their feelings or reactions into account. Because the ladies statement makes it clear that they suffered emotionally from the content of the report, they may be able to take legal recourse. As such, they might have standing (the ability to bring a lawsuit) against the authors under a theory of intentional infliction of emotional distress (IIED). In Massachusetts, where Harvard is located, IIED occurs when someone, by extreme and outrageous conduct and without privilege causes severe emotional distress to another.According to the law, the ladies would have to show:1. The players intended to inflict emotional distress or knew (or should have known) that emotional distress would likely result from their conduct;2. The players conduct was extreme and outrageous, beyond all possible bounds of decency and unacceptable in a civilized community;3. The players actions caused the women distress; and4. The womens emotional distress was so severe that no reasonable woman should be expected to endure it.What about Harvard and Columbia; what is their direct responsibility?Title IX, a portion of the Education Amendments of 1972, states: No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be subjected to discrimination under any education program. This requires that schools actively prevent sexual discrimination and hostile environments based on sex. The release of documents that objectified and disparaged women activated the universities Title IX duties to investigate the conduct, ensure it ceased, tend to the needs of anyone harmed and protect others from future harm. Failure to uphold those responsibilities could lead to costly lawsuits and penalties.But beyond the legal ramifications and limitations surrounding the documents, there are larger societal issues. The documents prove our culture still operates with sexist, misogynistic undertones. In the most elite of educational institutions, some men still look at women as mere sexual objects. These women are both athletes and scholars who have likely busted their butts for hours and years of their lives to get accepted at these prestigious universities, only to be reduced to sexual conquests, nicknames and numbers.The Bottom LineAs a woman and lawyer who works in a male-dominated industry, I write these words with the sincerest understanding of how great the battle is that we face to be respected. We fight it consistently and tirelessly, but we arent in this alone. There are countless men who genuinely respect and champion our causes. Think about all the NBA, NFL and MLB players who spoke up and said this is NOT my locker-room talk.When the conversations that objectify women happen in locker rooms, offices and text messages, both men and women should open their mouths and speak up for womens dignity and valid place on this earth. Fathers should teach their sons to truly respect women, and that masculinity is found in uplifting and supporting women, not degrading them.Cecelia Townes is a proud graduate of UCLA School of Law and the Real HU in Washington. She used to ball so hard on the tennis court. Now she serves it up on her blog, GladiatHers.com, and with student-athletes with Beyond the Game LLC.?Follow Cecelia on Twitter & Instagram @SportyEsquire Balenciaga Discount Outlet . Olli Jokinen, Mark Scheifele, and Bryan Little each had a goal and an assist as Winnipeg won 5-2, handing Calgary its record-setting seventh consecutive loss on home ice. Balenciaga Wholesale Shoes . LOUIS -- Mike Smith is used to facing plenty of shots, so this was nothing new. http://www.discountbalenciagacanada.com/ . The mixed zone is not a place to make friends. Discount Balenciaga Canada . It was the second consecutive win for the Pacers (2-5), who lost their first five preseason games. 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Carr is coming off a 513-yard passing game in the Raiders win against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers?on Oct. 30.Denvers Talib did not play in last Sundays win against the San Diego Chargers and did not practice this week. On Thursday, Talib was in California for an exam by another doctor and on Friday, Kubiak said, Talib was set to receive a cortisone injection.Whats going on right now is hes got good days, bad days, Kubiak said. Hes going to get an injection [Friday], he may have already had it as were speaking here, and let it calm down over the weekend. Hes doing good and we feel good moving forward.Asked iff Talib may need a procedure on his back in the future, Kubiak said:My understanding, theyre getting it to calm down.ddddddddddddHes feeling really good .... Weve just got to do the right thing and with the injection hes getting the smart thing is to give him a good weekend of rest and see where we are when we come back.Talib has not practiced fully since the Broncos Oct. 24 win against the Houston Texans.Talib did practice on a limited basis the Friday before the Broncos win against San Diego and Kubiak had expressed some optimism that Talib might improve enough to play against the Chargers last Sunday. However, Talib returned to the Broncos complex Saturday with the same stiffness and soreness in his back and the Broncos then made the decision to hold him out of the 27-19 victory.Talibs replacement, Bradley Roby, returned an interception 49 yards for a touchdown in the win.This week Talib did not practice. He leads the Broncos in interceptions with three and returned one of those for a touchdown. ' ' '