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How has the Baylor scandal changed college football?

On June 8, 2016, every member of Indiana University's athletic department received the same memo.

Subject line: Your duty to report allegations of sexual misconduct

Thirteen days earlier, Baylor had announced the firing of football coach Art Briles and the reassignment of president Ken Starr, after releasing explosive details from the Pepper Hamilton investigation into how the university handled sexual assault claims against football players. Five days after the Briles news, Baylor athletic director Ian McCaw resigned. Two days after McCaw's resignation, Starr announced his own resignation.

The most successful stretch in Baylor football history -- the Bears went 50-15 from 2011 to 2015 -- couldn't save Briles, McCaw or Starr.