OT: The Baylor Debacle..

[duggie85]

I agree with the 2 posts above in that most of us, myself included, lose track of what's really important in life. Wins & Losses really aren't that important in the big picture. But IMO, Robicheaux & Lotief are living proof that you can have both a strong moral program and great athletic success at the same time. If we're going to invest and play ball, we should strive for both results simultaneously.

[Ragin4U]

And that's what happens when you sell your soul for a 10 win season.

[Bigbuf]

Football is more important than religion

you got that wrong....money is more important than religion.

[Bigbuf]

I would say this is par for the course..
Baptist are the best at hiding things.

Yeah....too bad all catholic priests are still in hiding.

[ManAboutTown]

Yeah....too bad all catholic priests are still in hiding.

Right? It was like a world wide scandal a couple years back. Even made a movie about it. I wonder how much they had to pay to shut the media up... Ah well, now they (national media) are so worried about their attack on airlines, gun rights, nationalism and pandering to Trump that they wouldn't have time to run the stories anyway.

[MetryCajun]

Unfair to compare softball and baseball to football and basketball. The first two are comprised of mostly student athletes who toil in anonymity. The later two are composed of athletes who are basically part of corporate America. There is so much money at stake that people will do almost anything. I'm sure Baylor is embarrassed today, but I bet most alums will be OK with what happened. At the end of the day Briles got them a new stadium and a much higher profile.
The sad thing is that most 2nd tier football programs would trade places with Baylor in a heartbeat. Even after this scandal.

[BananaHammock]

Unfair to compare softball and baseball to football and basketball. The first two are comprised of mostly student athletes who toil in anonymity. The later two are composed of athletes who are basically part of corporate America. There is so much money at stake that people will do almost anything. I'm sure Baylor is embarrassed today, but I bet most alums will be OK with what happened. At the end of the day Briles got them a new stadium and a much higher profile.
The sad thing is that most 2nd tier football programs would trade places with Baylor in a heartbeat. Even after this scandal.

Maybe you're right but I wouldn't be if I was an alum. And I hope each of the rape victims that sued the university received mega money. I would have sued them for every penny they had and made sure it found it's way into main stream media.

If any of us had a daughter that was the rape victim in this case........we wouldn't be taking off the cuff comments, about it being ok by alums, very lightly.

[srob]

Maybe you're right but I wouldn't be if I was an alum. And I hope each of the rape victims that sued the university received mega money. I would have sued them for every penny they had and made sure it found it's way into main stream media.

If any of us had a daughter that was the rape victim in this case........we wouldn't be taking off the cuff comments, about it being ok by alums, very lightly.

+1 - nauseating that anyone would be okay with this.

[MetryCajun]

Maybe you're right but I wouldn't be if I was an alum. And I hope each of the rape victims that sued the university received mega money. I would have sued them for every penny they had and made sure it found it's way into main stream media.

If any of us had a daughter that was the rape victim in this case........we wouldn't be taking off the cuff comments, about it being ok by alums, very lightly.

Agreed, but just watch. Briles will be coaching again. After all there are football games to be won. There is very little to like about college football these days.

[CrazyCajun]

Agreed, but just watch. Briles will be coaching again. After all there are football games to be won. There is very little to like about college football these days.

There is a lot to like about college football these days... It would be much better without about 20 programs.