Well the investigation is over because there is nothing more they can do. If you read the article they don't have enough evidence to do anything more. This is a unique problem because typically the alleged assault takes place on campus or at least involves another student so they could at least call the student in to get her side or get a statement from her. In this case it is an out of state person who made the allegation and is not a student at the university.
Now, I do think it is weird they just continued to play him like nothing happened but Illinois told Underwood to treat him as any other player because they were worried about being in violation of the judges order.
I really wouldn't be surprised though to see more challenges to suspensions based on the reasoning of the district court in the Shannon v. illinois case regarding due process.
But is it Illinois' job to investigate a possible criminal charge against a student? Or make any type of judgement regarding validity of the charge? I realize that Shannon is innocent until proven guilty. But based on the severity of the charges and possible concern for student safety, seems like the University should have a lot of leeway in suspending a student, especially from extracurricular activities like athletics.
Yea it was a very interesting ruling by the Federal Court Judge. Basically saying that Shannon has a bright financial future and Illinois suspending him would cause irreparable harm to future earning potential. So would the same logic apply to a future Bill Gates or Tom Cruise while in college?
That's why I come back to due process. Was the Judge saying that to suspend Shannon there should have been a judicial/disciplinary hearing where both sides could present their case? Wasn't that the issue with Iowa State's suspension of Bubu Palo?