This article will make your head swim and your blood boil. When I read this article, I think of the win at all costs mentality, right?
Dan Wolken, USA Today – The school announced Thursday it has suspended coach Art Briles with intent to terminate him after eight seasons.Not only is it unacceptable, but there's no excuse for covering up sexual assaults. I would think it's criminal behavior, too. I would also agree, that sexual assaults and dating violence creates an unhealthy academic environment. Would you want your kid going to Baylor University?
In addition, school president Ken Starr has been removed as president and will transitions into role of chancellor; he remains a professor at the Baylor law school. Dr. David Garland has been named interim university president. Athletic director Ian McCaw has been sanctioned and placed on probation.
A report from Pepper Hamilton, an outside law firm hired by Baylor last fall, found the school "failed to take appropriate action to respond to reports of sexual assault and dating violence reportedly committed by football players. The choices made by football staff and athletics leadership, in some instances, posed a risk to campus safety and the integrity of the University."
Also, being a member of a team means you're supposed remain eligible to play that sport. Is it that hard to follow the rules that other students have to live by? I would say no. Committing egregious sexual offenses should make that player ineligible to play a collegiate sport.
Here the text that coach Art Briles sent his players.
I think the issue is much like the videotaping incident with the Patriots. It's bad enough that it happens, but Baylor got caught. I think this is an issue at more colleges than just Baylor (heck, remember FSU with Winston? And that's just one that I can recall). The truth is, some (sorry, don't have numbers) of these kids that have talent head and shoulders above the rest have character issues that defy logic. With the money that goes into these programs, they want prestige and that means "Just win, baby."
ReplyDeleteThere is also tremendous pressure to get these criminals on campus because a good deal of them have had rough lives leading up to college and would probably have no chance of making it to college otherwise. Why else do we see so many academic scandals amongst college football and basketball programs? It extends to character and maturity as well with some of these kids.
So, I don’t blame Briles personally for giving these kids a scholarship because I truly believe that, if he didn’t, some other big school would have. Again, I’m going to go ahead and assume that 99% of all college and high school football players are actually good, decent human beings that go or will go through their college careers with no blemishes on their legal dossier. But it’s this 1% that basically paint the entire sport into this corner.
Briles lost due to ego and the belief that he could reign in these idiots while keeping a low profile. Likewise, there's always a chance that the accusations are false (see the Duke Lacrosse disaster). Nevertheless, a message needed to be sent and Briles became the face of the issue.
In the end, Briles isn't innocent and Baylor's program will go into the dirt and it should. But it won't get the death penalty from the NCAA. After all, U of Miami did just about the same thing SMU did to earn the death penalty and they escaped pretty much untouched. Penn State had Sandusky and the NCAA has already reversed a great deal of its sanctions reducing it to that of a slap on the wrist. Maybe removing Starr, probation for the AD, and firing Briles (coupled I’m sure with some sanctions regarding bowl games, scholarships, and required coursework for all male Baylor athletes) will be the end of it? I don’t know.
It's complicated and it’s controversial due to race and socioeconomic status.
Redwing77, not all of the kids are bad, but there's a little thing called a background investigation. No matter how good they are on the football field, if they're a criminal, they must go.
DeleteIt's complicated and it’s controversial due to race and socioeconomic status.
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