Harvard University canceled the remainder of the 2016 men's soccer season following an investigation into reports of a custom of ranking woman's soccer players' physical attributes in the lewdest of terms, university officials said. The "scouting report" evaluated freshmen women soccer players on their looks and sex appeal with numerical scores and offensive descriptions, according to a Harvard Crimson report about the discovery of such a document from 2012. The report prompted a university investigation which found that the practice was "widespread across the team" and continued into the 2016 season, Harvard Athletics Director Bob Scalise said in an email to student athletes. Harvard has 'zero tolerance' for such behaviorHarvard was scheduled to play two more regular season games. 'Locker room talk' no excuseSome of the women described in the 2012 report broke their silence in a Crimson op-ed .

Source: CNN November 04, 2016 03:49 UTC