We'll complain, and the people on ESPN will display all the phony outrage they can muster about stuff like this, but colleges are completely run by the football team and the more successful the team, the more "scandal" there's going to be. Athletes are told from the time they make their first recruiting trip that they'll be allowed to do whatever they want, whenever they want, to whomever they want, so long as they produce on the football field. A great instance of this is found not only in cases like Penn St and Baylor, but in the old "glory" Miami days. In the " 30 for 30" piece about "The U," former players unashamedly and unabashedly told of stealing from their fellow students. And they did this with the FULL knowledge of the university and its athletic department, AND the coaches. It amazes me that people are SO willing to put up with this on college campuses, just so they can say the school they went to or the school from their home state is successful. It's especially puzzling when you consider few if any of the players on these successful teams are actually from the states whose names are emblazoned on their jerseys and people place their entire pride and identity in the football team in places like Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana, states with atrocious living conditions for most of their residents, have state of the art football facilities, and the coaches make millions of dollars a year. It is this way because the FANS and the boosters and the universities allow it.
