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There's a lot of they "feel and believe" he didn't know. It wasn't just one year this happened. It happened for quite some time.
Ohio State announced in April that it was investigating accusations that Strauss, who died in 2005, abused wrestlers when he was the team doctor from the mid-1970s to late 1990s. Strauss's relatives released a statement saying the family was “shocked and saddened to hear the allegations of misconduct" against him.
And Jordan wasn't there for just one year but 8 graduating classes.
But as Jordan firmly states that he did not know Strauss was allegedly abusing athletes when he was assistant coach at the university from 1986 to 1994 — and denies hearing locker-room banter about Strauss — former teammates who once cheered each other on are now at odds.
Plus, how distant do you have to be with your team that you heard absolutely nothing about this for 8 years? I can understand this argument -
Four of the wrestlers who spoke to NBC News said that they believe Jordan would have tried to protect them if he had known the extent of the alleged abuse.
But even they say,
But they say said it would have been difficult for their former assistant coach not to hear the jokes about Strauss in the locker room.
Maybe not everyone spoke to Jordan or made comments in front of Jordan. Maybe they really do give him the benefit of the doubt. But that many wrestlers for 8 years and no one said anything to him and he heard absolutely nothing? On top of that, wrestlers say they did say something directly to him or made comments about it in front of him.
Sorry, man, I'm siding with the alleged victims on this one. The likelihood that Jordan knew or heard nothing of this is far too low. Especially with his position at the time.