Monday, January 24, 2005
Jocks mad at their punishment steal $18,000 worth of equipment.
I saw today on badjocks.com that the Seattle times reported on Friday six current and former South Carolina football players have been charged in connection with the theft of $18,000 worth of equipment from a locker room. They stole a $4000 laptop computer, video equipment and framed photos right off the wall!
Why would these upstanding football players do this?
Because they were mad that they were not going to get to go to the bowl game because they had an on field brawl with another team. Athletic director Mike McGee is quoted as saying "Regrettably, a few of our student-athletes made a very poor decision during the course of a frustrating situation."
No Mike, they were acting like a big bunch of babies who are used to getting whatever they want and were told they couldn't have a cookie. They decided to throw a temper tantrum and just happened to commit some serious crimes in the process.
Now they find out they are big college boys and facing grand larceny and petty larceny charges depending on what they each stole. Those still in school also face disciplinary hearings from the university. The coach says he will abide by whatever the campus police decide.
If there was not something seriously wrong with our attitudes about sports, these boys would not believe they even had a chance of going to a bowl game after fighting in front of the crowd. They would have expected to at least be kicked off the team for the rest of the season.
Don't most schools now have a "zero tolerance" policy regarding violence? I know if you're caught with a joint or convicted of a violent crime you lose your federal scholarship, but if you are a jock who attacks other players on the football field the worst that happens is you don't get to go to the bowl game?
If there was anything left to the integrity of college sports programs, these cry baby thieves and vandals would be thrown out on their heads like in the old days when a university was about education and not touchdowns.
Why would these upstanding football players do this?
Because they were mad that they were not going to get to go to the bowl game because they had an on field brawl with another team. Athletic director Mike McGee is quoted as saying "Regrettably, a few of our student-athletes made a very poor decision during the course of a frustrating situation."
No Mike, they were acting like a big bunch of babies who are used to getting whatever they want and were told they couldn't have a cookie. They decided to throw a temper tantrum and just happened to commit some serious crimes in the process.
Now they find out they are big college boys and facing grand larceny and petty larceny charges depending on what they each stole. Those still in school also face disciplinary hearings from the university. The coach says he will abide by whatever the campus police decide.
If there was not something seriously wrong with our attitudes about sports, these boys would not believe they even had a chance of going to a bowl game after fighting in front of the crowd. They would have expected to at least be kicked off the team for the rest of the season.
Don't most schools now have a "zero tolerance" policy regarding violence? I know if you're caught with a joint or convicted of a violent crime you lose your federal scholarship, but if you are a jock who attacks other players on the football field the worst that happens is you don't get to go to the bowl game?
If there was anything left to the integrity of college sports programs, these cry baby thieves and vandals would be thrown out on their heads like in the old days when a university was about education and not touchdowns.
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