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The NBA's New Policy On Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, And Child Abuse Is Here. The NBA’s new policy on accusations of domestic violence, sexual assault, and child abuse—negotiated last year as the league came to an agreement with the players’ union, and formally approved in December—will come into force on July 1. But according to a report from ESPN’s Zach Lowe published last Friday, the league saw no need to stay within the four corners of a policy that isn’t yet in place, and already has tried to either strongly discourage teams from signing or effectively ban two players who have been accused of sexual- assault or domestic- violence accusations. This—and the fact that per Lowe’s reporting, the union has pushed back and won part of an arbitration hearing related to all of this—is the background to and context for the Philadelphia 7. Brandon Austin, the former Providence, Oregon, and Northwest Florida player. Austin’s travels aren’t a coincidence. Both of his transfers followed investigations of possible sexual assault involving him.

Austin has never been criminally charged. In one case—at Providence—a university disciplinary board voted to bar him from campus, according to a local newspaper report, but the decision was overturned by a university vice- president. That vice- president still wanted to place him on disciplinary probation, which would have stopped him from playing basketball for a time, and at that point he transferred to Oregon. In the second case, he was found responsible for sexual misconduct, according to an attorney, suspended, and later transferred to Northwest Florida. He helped Northwest Florida win a JUCO championship and since then appears to be trying to break into the NBA.

The NBA’s new policy has a lot to recommend it, and incorporates a lot of what critics of sports leagues, including me, have been asking for. There’s counseling, a panel that includes independent experts, and a hotline for families.

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But whether or not the policy will make a big difference is hard to tell. Untangling Austin’s playing career—and the NBA’s apparent attempts to make sure that it didn’t extend to the highest level—is as good as any illustration as to why. Providence Friars. Austin started out at Providence in 2. Philadelphia area.

Before playing a game for the Friars, though, the team announced in November that Austin and fellow freshman Rodney Bullock were suspended indefinitely, then later for the whole season for “not upholding their responsibilities as student- athletes.” No other details about what they did were released. It would later come out, via documents provided to the Providence Journal, that a disciplinary board had voted on Nov. Austin from campus until the spring of 2. During that time, he couldn’t have played basketball. Nobody outside of the university administration, though, knew any of this.

The PJ article was published more than a year later. So in January, 2. Austin left the team, and coach Ed Cooley put out a statement: “We wish Brandon success with his basketball career and with his academic future.” Austin transferred to Oregon, and Ducks coach Dana Altman was quoted in a press release about his talk with Providence before making the decision. Altman said he consulted with Providence coaches before accepting Austin as a transfer, and they alleviated any character concerns.“That’s always something that we consider very strongly,” Altman said. The first details of what had been alleged came out on March 1. Wall Street Journal reported that Providence police were investigating a report that a female student said she had been raped by two basketball players: Austin and Bullock. The university investigation had started in November; the police report was filed a few weeks before the WSJ report came out.

Bullock’s lawyer, Bill Lynch, talked to the WSJ. He said the Providence College investigation of the complaint was carried out by a former member of the Rhode Island State Police who leads such inquiries for the school. I’m getting too old to believe in coincidences,” he said. As universities do, Providence didn’t say much and insisted the reason why was student privacy. Providence spokesman Steven Maurano later put out a statement saying he would “recommend against drawing any conclusions that our (on- campus) process ended with a finding that our student- athlete was found responsible for sexual assault.” None of the articles in the WSJ, PJ, or AP at the time news about the police report quote Austin. By that point, though, he had transferred away.

A grand jury eventually declined to charge Bullock and prosecutors said since there was no charge for Bullock they decided to not charge Austin either. Bullock stayed at Providence; he’s expected to return for his senior season. Oregon Ducks. On May 5, 2.

Ducks announced that point guard Dominic Artis was transferring and Austin and junior guard Damyean Dotson were no longer participating in team activities. Later that day, Eugene, Ore., police released a police report showing that the three were part of an investigation of possible forcible rape.

According to the police reports, the student told police that they were at a party at an apartment and she had some peach- flavored alcohol. One of the basketball players lead her into a bathroom where, first, they asked her to shake her butt. Then Austin grabbed her phone, and Dotson forced her to bend over, she told police. She said that Austin then pulled down her shorts and put his penis in her vagina while Dotson put his penis inside her mouth.

This lasted a few minutes because then someone walked into the bathroom, she said. They all left the bathroom, per the police report, and at one point Artis got her a glass of water. Then she got pulled back into the bathroom where all three “had me suck their dicks.” Then it stopped, she didn’t know why, but she later was pulled into a cab with the men and taken back to an apartment. Artis went out into the living room to play a video game. She sat on the couch next to him and started to cry, which made everyone except Austin leave.

Artis asked her if she wanted to go to sleep; she said yes, so she went to his room with him and curled up on his bed. In the morning, Artis gave her some clothes and called her a cab to take her home.

When police talked to Artis and Dotson, they told officers that the sex was consensual. They added that they’d had oral and vaginal sex with the student that morning as well before she left to go home. Police interviewed the student again and she said that she did remember oral sex with Artis and “fooling around a little.” In another interview, she added that the day afterward had gone over to Joseph Young’s apartment.

She had consensual sex with Young later on that day, she told police. Police talked to her roommate, who said the student hadn’t seemed intoxicated to her at the party. Another person told police that she had tried to stop the student from getting in the taxi with the basketball players, telling her “all the guys wanted from her was sex,” but the student still went with them. That person wasn’t certain if the student was drunk or not. Police kept investigating and had the student record her phone conversations with two of the basketball players. First, she recorded a phone call with Artis, in which he said from his perspective she had been a willing participant and they stopped when to him it was clear she wanted it to stop. Dotson said something similar during his call—by his recollection, they stopped when she wanted them to stop.

He also, twice, mentioned his mother and sister. Austin was represented by lawyer Laura Fine Moro. He didn’t speak to them directly, but Moro gave investigators a statement on his behalf. The police reports describe it as similar to what Dotson and Artis said. The same day that police released their report, the local district attorney’s office told the Oregonian that it would not bring charges. The district attorney’s office listed only Dotson as a suspect when it wrote April 1.

MACOI, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam - Office Of Information. Biographies(Bios are in Alphabetical Order; Click Picture to Enlarge)Barry Abrams     Barry Abrams in Saigon, at left, with his good friend, John Mikesch; then Barry in later life in Paris. Barry Abrams, born in Amarillo, Texas in 1. University of Nebraska. Monkey Mountain, where I succeeded Air Force Capt. John Aho of rural Minnesota. Aho was a Finnish immigrant and Mrs.

Aho was the American- born daughter of Finnish immigrants. Aho passed away. Akey died 1. January 2. 00. 1, and was laid to rest at his side.

James Larry Akin. Jim Akin was born on Christmas Day 1.

Mr. Akin of Mounds, Illinois, in the extreme southern tip of the state. Russell Dewalt Akins, was born 1. November 1. 94. 6 in the New York City suburb of Bronxville. Army HQ at Fort Sheridan, Illinois. At that time (May, 1. Army was top- loaded with 7.

R's and short on 7. Q's (information specialists). Eisenhower (OPLAN Kansas) and Harry S Truman (OPLAN Missouri).

Ike died on March 2. Army Chemical and Biological Defense Command, a position I had held for 2. I had a great career in and out of uniform. Thomas Amross of Riverview, Michigan, a Detroit suburb. Anderson Military Broadcast Journalist of the Year Award to the Army E- 6 or below who best represents the highest standards of military broadcast journalism. Robert A. Antoine of New Iberia, Louisiana.

Joining the Navy, he was trained as a photographer, and by 1. American Forces Vietnam Network, Tony was a chief petty officer. Kiley, Chief Arbuckle set up the new Armed Forces Radio station on top of the Rex Hotel and began broadcasting during the summer of 1.

Cronauer would go on to write the screenplay for the movie, . Arbuckle also died of cancer in 1.

Ashley            Steve Ashley:  at his AFVN desk and at the AFVN mail cage; then a couple of headshots 4. Steve was born and raised in Maine, where he was a 1. Watch Bridesmaids Mediafire. Mount Desert Island High School in Bar Harbor. In January 1. 97. Louis, John was the son of a career Naval officer. Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in recognition of his . Aubuchon, brother James C.

Babcock     A nice snapshot of Mike is followed by an action pic of Mike as an AFVN cameraman. Born 3 February 1.

Mike was the son of Mr. Arden Babcock of Deer Park, Washington.

Army Commendation Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal, Sharpshooter Badge, and Presidential Citation. Baker at Tan Son Nhut Airport; 5) the Bakers in retirement in Phoenix. Lee Baker was born 1 August 1. Louisville, Kentucky. Baker set up her household in the Colonel's pleasant little villa at 1. B Cong Ly Street, just across the street from Vietnam's Presidential Palace.

Baker had to remain indoors as one unstable government followed another. As the Bakers established a relationship with the Saigon press contingent, it began to dawn on them, as Mrs. Baker later wrote, that some reporters seemed more adept at making news than reporting it. Baker continued her active life in a senior living community in Phoenix until her death 2. October 2. 01. 2 at the age of 9. Jeff Iversen, grand nephew of Mrs. Else Iversen Baker.

Paul Dean Baldridge          Paul is shown interviewing Air Force Reserve Brig Gen Jimmy Stewart and famed vaudeville performer and actress Gypsy Rose Lee, along with a later shot. In 2. 00. 7, Paul retired after 1. Western Regional Manager for ABC News. One, affiliate services for ABC News in Los Angeles. He served as chief announcer at AFVN headquarters in Saigon from July, 1. September, 1. 96.

Simpson, Michael Jackson, North Hollywood bank shootout, train wrecks, firestorms, mass murders, etc). His hobbies are investing, photography, and going to Hawaii as often as possible. Russell Duane Bales. Duane Bales, the son of Russel Clifford and Helen Myers Bales, was born 1. August 1. 94. 2. Louis Metro East Section.

Today Duane and wife, Mary Joe, reside in a small Illinois town about 5. St. Louis, Missouri, or about 2. Collinsville, Illinois Fire Department. Anne Ballou Hinte, Colonel Ballou's daughter. Ronald Lewis Banks. As an Army engineer, SP4 Ron Banks ran AFVN's transmitters in 1. Banks was a local farmer, and Ron's roots were deep in east Tennessee.

Banks continued to reside in Riceville. Stephen Richard Banks. Steve, the brother of Ron, whose bio appears above, was born 1 March 1. Bankson          Two shots of COL Bankson in Saigon, followed by a Pentgon pose.

Rodger Bankson was born 2. March 1. 91. 5, the son of the city editor for the Spokane (Washington) Daily Chronicle. Bankson, was an Army captain in Special Services. Barylski, Jr. Bednar of Galesburg, Illinois, became fascinated with radio at an early age. Attebury, Assistant Commander of the Americal Division, participated in the ribbon cutting. Beitch     Don't embellish my tour in Vietnam. Louis, and is married to Mike who teaches at Maplewood, Missouri; and I now have two grandchildren- -Tyler and Reagan.

Stephen P. Bellamy. An action photo shows Steve hard at work at AFVNSteve Bellamy's first job in the Army was to broadcast medical training programs on cable at the Medical Training Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Bensman. Born 2. 7 November 1. Bob Bensman was the youngest of the three children born to Mr. Bensman of Buffalo, New York.

Mary, Aldermanbury. Charles, Illinois, 5. Chicago. Bensman Jr., and the Florida location is handled by sister Barbara Fonner. Bob and wife Susan are the parents of two sons and a daughter. Peter Bruce Berlin                    Pete as cadet at military school; as a soldier (plus enlarged detail); with Judy in 2. Europe. Peter Berlin may have subconciously prepared himself for a career in radio when, as a boy, he made announcements over the public address system of his father's hotel. Paul Berry was was born 1.

February 1. 94. 4 in Detroit, Michigan and educated at that city's High School of Commerce. Berry and Associates, LLC. Gregory Joseph Beveridge     Greg Beveridge has come a long way since he got his start in telecommunications at AFVN. Billings, Jr. Gilbert Billings, Sr.

Billings was sent back to Europe as Chief of Public Affairs at US European Command (USEUCOM), the unified command which handled Cold War operations. Gil Billings retired from the Air Force in 1. North Carolina. Black counsels individuals and couples, while also providing family therapy. Black. Reed Black was assigned to AFVN to do TV and AM radio news in Saigon.

Blake                    Mike Blake at WFIE through the years. Mike Blake is a native of Munster, Indiana, a lovely little city which hugs the Illinois state line not far from the banks of Lake Michigan. Else Baker, wife of the Chief of Information; and 3) Captain Blanchard in retirement. Ralph Blanchard, a native of Sugar Creek Township in Hancock County, Indiana, just to the east of Indianapolis, was born in 1. Methodist missionaries who had recently returned from a mission to China. Ralph William Blanchard, Sr., and in fact his brother Richard, older by four years, had been born in Chungking.

Baker to upgrade briefing procedures. Richard Winston Blosser, and the family included a brother and two sisters. Adams (photo courtesy of CPT Adams), and then in a later headshot as a civilian. CWO Blum was born 1. August 1. 92. 8, the son of Mr. Eugene Blum of Chicago. Furer, a Brooke- Class Frigate.

Bottoms          Paul enlisted in 1. KEWI radio. Boudreaux          Dr. Boudreaux poses solo, and with two favorite CO's: BG Sidle in Saigon, Vietnam and Miss Carol in Florence, Italy. Born September 9, 1. New Iberia, Louisiana. Army as an armor officer. A., and taught one semester at Nicholls State University (Nicholls State College at that time) in Thibodaux, Louisiana, before going on active duty in May of 1.

Attended Armor Officers Basic Course at Fort Knox, Kentucky and was assigned to the Department of School Support at Fort Rucker, Alabama. Brandt     (Editor's Note:  As a part of his PIO duties with the First Infantry Division during his 1. Lai Khe, then- 1.

LT Brandt produced a half- hour radio show for AFVN. Eustis in September of '6.