TAMU has a case of "Jock-itch"

The revelation that a college football player who exposed himself to two tutors in a day’s span is still part of the team didn’t surprise Brenda Tracy, a rape survivor and advocate for sexual assault victims who speaks at college campuses across the country (including to Texas A&M athletes in January). Tracy in 1998 was raped by four men, including three Oregon State football players.

“This is disturbing behavior, it wasn’t an accident, and it wasn’t because of jock itch,” Tracy said of the Merritt case. "He exposed himself to two different people. Even if he had jock itch, you would make sure you wouldn’t expose your penis to women. (A&M is) minimizing this behavior, and it’s the type of behavior that leads to other types of sexual violence.

“We have to start taking these cases more seriously. We have to start intervening sooner, and not say, ‘Boys will be boys,’ rather than waiting for an act of sexual assault to happen.”