What bothers me the most about this whole thing was the politics. Phil D told MM and RG the wrong thing despite every indication from other situations showing that he knew better. Beyond that, he was a boneheaded executive by not even talking to legal council immediately when there was an accusation of DV made against a high profile university employee. Then, you've got OIEC that didn't even do its frickin job because when reporting policies changed they neglected to remember that athletic department employees were part of the university and also needed to be re-trained just like everyone else.
But some people and groups have political cover and some don't. I just hope that RG and MM get some concessions in how the Regents take care of them after they took all the heat over this.
One would hope the legal counsel could have helped bridge some of the gaps.
As for RG and MM, I am still not comfortable with the idea that it took the story going public before action was taken. Were they prepared to renew his contract?