Comments on: Duke Lacrosse, and more Pig Crap.

By: coyotemike

coyotemike — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 17:37:01 +0000

I still say that sports and college should not be intermixed. When a student goes to college to play a sport, then it is pointless for them to attend class, and if they come to college to attend classes, then they really don’t have enough time to worry about how the sports team is doing. The argument that sports bring so much money into the college is pointless, as it all goes right back into the athletic program. As a college instructor, I would be personally thrilled to never have to make a secondary schedule to accomodate the student athletes, or have to explain to a student that while their absenses count against them, the ones for the athletes don’t.

I don’t know why student athletes have become special cases. If it has just been a normal Duke student who was charged, would they have garnered the nationwide defence that the lacrosse team has gotten? Would the case have gotten national coverage? Would that student’s advisor been held accountable for his actions? Yes, the coach should have had control of his team, but he didn’t rape the woman.

How many thousands of women are raped per year whose stories are never told?

By: o_ceallaigh

o_ceallaigh — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 18:37:24 +0000

I’d almost rather see the whole thing put behind us as well Well, that's easy done. Kill your television. Stop buying anything from media outlets and their advertisers that exploit this and related issues for ratings. Boycott ALL scholarship athletics EVERYWHERE and make sure your friends do too. And be sure to carry your mirror around with you. Make sure that that face you're cursing is not in fact your own.

By: JohnM

JohnM — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 16:30:53 +0000

That’s pretty damn close to exactly what he was saying. Inclusive of the ” no one can sue us” addition.

I think it brings up valid social concerns almost social emrgencies.
The media sucks in their spirited quest for ratings.