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Jeff Long draws fans ire following report of Kansas’ payment to player who reported threats, harassment

Keith Farner

By Keith Farner

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Fans across the country unloaded on former Kansas athletics director Jeff Long on Sunday following a report from the Kansas City Star which detailed reports of threats and harassment during his tenure and under former coach Les Miles.

A player, Caperton Humphrey, the report suggests, said a feud with teammates escalated to the point they stormed into his apartment and threatened his family’s safety. But after he told KU, a confidential settlement was reached, the Star reported. Humphrey said during one incident, he had an argument with a pair of teammates — and the next day discovered someone had loosened the lug nuts on one of his tires, so he filed a police report.

The final resolution was KU’s athletic department agreeing to pay him more than $50,000 in benefits to go home after he reported threats and harassment from teammates.

Miles met with Caperton and the four other football players and reportedly asked both sides to apologize. Neither side obliged.

Miles, the report said, offered a different solution. The players would settle their differences on the practice field, pitting them against each other — head-on — in full-contact drills.

Here’s a sampling of the fan reaction:

Keith Farner

A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.

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