Research by Outside the Lines showed student-athletes were around three times more likely to be accused of sexual misconduct or domestic violence than non-athlete college students based on information provided by 32 Power 5 schools.
On Friday, Paula Lavigne of ESPN.com reported findings of the OTL investigation, which covers data from the past six years and indicated 6.3 percent of Title IX complaints against students were against student-athletes, who make up 1.7 percent of the total enrollment at the schools that provided numbers.
Although Outside the Lines requested information from all 65 Power 5 schools (53 public and 12 private), just under half provided it, with most citing student privacy concerns or limited resources for pulling data as their reasons for not fulfilling the request.