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Originally Posted by lvbuckeye

i replied from several pages ago regarding the lynch mob mentality and vociferous desires to 86 the perps from the program, so if this has been covered, please disregard...

college kids (allegedly) smoking rope? shock! horrors! it's Armageddon! what's next? dogs and cats getting along? it's witchcraft! flay them all! burn them at the stake!

get a grip, people. is your self worth so wrapped up in the on-field success of a football team comprised of mainly 18-22 year old college kids that you forget that off the field they are still 18-22 year old college kids? college kids do all kinds of dumb [censored]. it's part of being a college kid and part of growing up here in this thing that many people refer to as the real world.

kicking the (alleged) perps out won't do a lick of good, and if anything will push them in the wrong direction. what the (alleged) perps need more than anything else is to be around their (supposedly) less offending teammates. they get structure and discipline there, something that won't be afforded to them if they are off the team.

good post LV..

Originally Posted by LordJeffBuck

We're not taking about "college kids" here, we're talking about world class semi-professional athletes who are paid (in the form of a free education) to play football and follow the (very simple) rules; they are not given scholarships so that they can engage in the typicial "dumb [censored]" that is "part of a college kid growing up". Is it a higher standard (no pun intended)? Of course it is, but we do (and should) expect more from the gifted people.

Your argument about the players being able to "get structure and discipline" from being part of the team has some merit, but at some point the kids have to demonstrate that they can actually live with the level of "structure and discipline" that is required of an Ohio State football player.

.. and a good answer LJB

If smoking pot is wrong.. ehh [censored] it, I'll just trust the coaches