East Lansing-based Michigan State University told the National Collegiate Athletic Association that former MSU physician Larry Nassar's crimes did not violate NCAA rules. MSU claims it handled the situation in compliance with NCAA guidelines, ESPN reports.
Here are four things to know.
1. Mr. Nassar is serving a 60-year federal prison sentence for child pornography and was also sentenced to up to 175 years in state prison for sexually abusing patients, including 25 MSU student-athletes.
2. Mike Glazier, an attorney from the law firm of Bond, Schoeneck & King, wrote in a March 22 letter to the NCAA that MSU found no reasons to believe any NCAA bylaws were violated.
"To be clear, the university finds Nassar's conduct to be abhorrent and a violation of every standard of conduct expected of university employees," Mr. Glazier wrote.
3. According to Mr. Glazier, the law firm looked at whether Nassar provided extra benefits to student-athletes or inducement to prospective athletes during recruitment, as well as providing medications contrary to accepted standards of sports medicine practice. The letter argued that last provision refers to banned substances or medications rather than other forms of inappropriate treatment.
4. The NCAA, Michigan Attorney General's office, Michigan legislature, U.S. Senate and House of Representatives as well as the Department of Education have ongoing investigations into MSU's possible role in allowing Mr. Nassar to abuse patients on campus.
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