huskerband24 Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 Is it just me or are football players all over the place getting suspensions and getting kicked off teams right and left? Every time I check ESPN, CBS Sportsline, etc etc... all I see are stories about players from various schools (doesn't seem like it focusses on any one school) doing things of various levels of illegality. I know it's the doldrums of the offseason, so more stories like this are bound to show up. But really, are kids out of high school just getting stupider and stupider? They're throwing away absolutely free educations at great schools because they can't stay out of trouble. Seems like such a waste to me. Quote Link to comment
Spiderman Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 Part of it that kids are being scrutinized more. I can't remember who it was that a story was told of...he got out of a bar, saw a milk truck and not wanting to walk home, drove it home. If a kid did that today he'd be done. 30 years ago he got a slap on the hand. I think people just looked the other way more back then. Quote Link to comment
HuskerTrucker Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 Part of it that kids are being scrutinized more. I can't remember who it was that a story was told of...he got out of a bar, saw a milk truck and not wanting to walk home, drove it home. If a kid did that today he'd be done. 30 years ago he got a slap on the hand. I think people just looked the other way more back then. The schools used to be able to cover it up more, but it is harder now to do that. It is hard to keep anything quiet now days. Quote Link to comment
AR Husker Fan Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 While it's true that the level of scrutiny has increased, the major contributing factor is...society itself. Athletes are a reflection of society. As the level of acceptable conduct sinks, it's reflected in the behavior of the athletes. And as society tends to pamper and glorify athletes at younger and younger ages, and promotes that kind of behavior (just look at the NBA and NFL - PacMan Jones, etc.), it becomes more ingrained in the athlete - they begin to feel a level of entitlement that is unrealistic. Quote Link to comment
huskernumerouno Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 While it's true that the level of scrutiny has increased, the major contributing factor is...society itself. Athletes are a reflection of society. As the level of acceptable conduct sinks, it's reflected in the behavior of the athletes. And as society tends to pamper and glorify athletes at younger and younger ages, and promotes that kind of behavior (just look at the NBA and NFL - PacMan Jones, etc.), it becomes more ingrained in the athlete - they begin to feel a level of entitlement that is unrealistic. COULDN'T HAVE SAID IT BETTER AR. Quote Link to comment
strigori Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 alot of the violations are 'team rules' for the spring suspensions. That can be anything from a felony to skipping a class or missing meetings. Many of these things would never have made the national news before the internet. I dont think there is much more now than there ever was, we just hear more about it, and less is deemed acceptable. Power schools used to beable to cover up anything short of murder, so you never had the players actually getting charged with anything. Quote Link to comment
MCAT800 Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 Fact is society has changed alot. It's not so much how society looks at athletes or that universities are under the microscope. You can take the kid out of the ghetto, but you can't always take the ghetto out of the kid. Quote Link to comment
hack Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 ... just waiting for the "ZOMG LAWERNCE PHILLIPS!!!!11!1" post from some smaktard who wants start a flame thread... Quote Link to comment
Apathy Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 This world is going straight to H&LL. Everytime that i turn on the TV there's always a story about some guy killing this guy or like today on The Today Show they were showing this mom giving her daughter a bath in at Car Wash using the pressure washer . People with money or talent think that they are better than everybody else and think that they should be treated like kings. Quote Link to comment
Touchdown Tommie Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 While it's true that the level of scrutiny has increased, the major contributing factor is...society itself. Athletes are a reflection of society. As the level of acceptable conduct sinks, it's reflected in the behavior of the athletes. And as society tends to pamper and glorify athletes at younger and younger ages, and promotes that kind of behavior (just look at the NBA and NFL - PacMan Jones, etc.), it becomes more ingrained in the athlete - they begin to feel a level of entitlement that is unrealistic. Very well said AR!!!! The fact that someone like PacMan Jones can have a person in his "crew" shoot someone and then claim he doesn't know anything about it is a perfect example of what is wrong with our society. Money and fame make people think they can do whatever they want. Quote Link to comment
Fit Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 This world is going straight to H&LL. Everytime that i turn on the TV there's always a story about some guy killing this guy or like today on The Today Show they were showing this mom giving her daughter a bath in at Car Wash using the pressure washer . People with money or talent think that they are better than everybody else and think that they should be treated like kings. But yet violent crime continues to decline. Accept for drugs... Quote Link to comment
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