Forde: What an ugly August
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When are we going to start reading about the game and the players versus the delinquent activities of those professing to be college athletes. Has the unruly activity increased are is an more connected environment simply making it more likely that misteps are going to become puplic? I think it is both and the public exposure is not going away. Guys, figure it out. Anything you do is likely to be on page one tomorrow (or even sooner). Coaches, keep handing out the penalties, quickly, consistently and with some teeth.
At 11:30 a.m. ET on Thursday, these were the top headlines on the college football page of this Web site:
• Sources: Auburn sits Blackmon, Sears for 3 games
• Former Volunteers QB Schaeffer eligible at Ole Miss
• Volunteers dismiss one football player, suspend another
• Moss, Moore among suspended Canes for FSU game
• Report: Son of Bonds’ surgeon flunked USC steroid test
• Air Force suspends kicker Harrison indefinitely
• Marijuana issue last straw as Utah St. dismisses Davis
• NCAA says bad report cards could cost schools plentyWelcome to college football 2006. Feel the purity!
Fact is, people of college age have been doing knuckleheaded things ever since college was invented. That’s not going to stop. There is something genetically encoded in the 19-year-old mind that occasionally blocks the flow of common sense and leads to epic bouts of bad judgment. All of us old folks have our idiot stories to tell (and no, I’m not telling any of mine).But here is the new rule of engagement for rules breakers: It’s more likely than ever that the world is going to hear about whatever you’re doing wrong. The Internet has made almost everything everyone’s business, and damned fast.
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