MidwayJ
I guess we could talk semantics (whether it rises to the claim of sexual assault) when it comes down to exposing yourself by dropping your shorts in front of a woman.
"Sexual assault is any involuntary sexual act in which a person is coerced or physically forced to engage against their will, or any non-consensual sexual touching of a person."
However, if you or I went out on the street and dropped our pants and exposed ourselves to a woman I think we'd be in trouble, even if we falsely claimed we were mooning a friend.
Or let's say we're in a doctors office and getting examined by a woman doctor for a stress fracture in our foot and we all of a sudden drop our pants and expose ourselves.
I think in both cases excuses like 'horseplay' or 'mooning' would fall short of legitimate excuses for such indecent behavior. And does it really matter that much if his testicles and rectum actually touched her face or were a inch or so away? Legally probably, but I'm not a lawyer.
And it's important to remember that Naughright reported the incident right away.
Peyton's 20 year old case was brought up to show a pattern of behavior by Tennessee over the years regarding how sexual assault / indecent behavior by athletes was dealt with.
How we specifically classify Manning's bad behavior is irrelevant when looking at the bigger issue with the Title IX lawsuit.