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Re: Panthers arrested...
Although I understand the point you are trying to make, I find it somewhat ironic that the very incident initially cited in the article in your link turned out the way it did....after all, wasn't it proven that the student athletes on the lacrosse team accused of sexual assault were proven to be INNOCENT?
Obviously, criminal behavior of any sort should never be tolerated by a university no matter who the perpetrators may be, and in my opinion, if you are going to accept financial assistance with your schooling in exchange for playing a sport, you should be held to a higher standard than the average student as a high profile representative of that institution. I am curious if the percentage of law breakers is actually higher among athletes, or if those transgressions are just more in the public eye....It seems odd that out of all the people at that social gathering on Saturday, the only people arrested were football players. I am obviously speculating, but it seems as though there is more to the story than the short blurbs in the WCF Courier and the DSM Register are reporting. It will be interesting to see how it all plays out.
As for the earlier notion that most athletes are not as smart as other kids....
Originally posted by JD720
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Although I understand the point you are trying to make, I find it somewhat ironic that the very incident initially cited in the article in your link turned out the way it did....after all, wasn't it proven that the student athletes on the lacrosse team accused of sexual assault were proven to be INNOCENT?
Obviously, criminal behavior of any sort should never be tolerated by a university no matter who the perpetrators may be, and in my opinion, if you are going to accept financial assistance with your schooling in exchange for playing a sport, you should be held to a higher standard than the average student as a high profile representative of that institution. I am curious if the percentage of law breakers is actually higher among athletes, or if those transgressions are just more in the public eye....It seems odd that out of all the people at that social gathering on Saturday, the only people arrested were football players. I am obviously speculating, but it seems as though there is more to the story than the short blurbs in the WCF Courier and the DSM Register are reporting. It will be interesting to see how it all plays out.
As for the earlier notion that most athletes are not as smart as other kids....
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