Fallout from Stuebenville rape case

And here in Ontario, an OHL player has just been charged with sexual assault: http://yhoo.it/YngOOe

 

Let me get more specific for those, like you, that need things spelled out...do you think he would have gone after the program AT THE TIME HE WAS THERE? This program that is providing his access and making him money? You are perfectly ok with his doing this book while still covering the team? Do you understand ethics?

 

Based on that Amazon thread he could not have made much on the book.

 

I'll vote yes. And since he has nothing to do with anything going on there right now, it's irrelevant. He's not there. He has no opportunity to do any coverage.

 

I'm sure he didn't and, actually, he is the best sports editor I have ever worked for. I think he was talked into doing this book by his boss at the time, but the fact that the sports editor of the local paper did a glowing history of the program has never sat well with me. It's something I would never have done, or had any of my guys do.

 

Really how glowing could the history be? I did some research and could not find one recognizable D1 player in past 30 years.

The national media has been lazy in presenting Steubenville as some storied program.

 

No, they haven't. Certainly their super glory days were decades ago. But they've enjoyed seven undefeated seasons in the last decade and made the playoffs 12 straight years.

 

Competition must be really weak then because they are just not sending kids to big time college programs.

 

OIC, that's what determines it.

 

Thanks for correcting the town (I apologize to West Orange).

But whether its "privileged" or "hardscabble" its the same message to the boys/supposed "stars"; go ahead you're above the rules that everyone else has to follow, we'll take care of it. Coach Reno fostered those feelings, just the same as the town of Glen Ridge did in 1989, over twenty four years ago. Same as it always was, that's what I take away from this.

My kids are nearing that age and I have seen the seed of that mentality planted here in my community. Little League all-stars and other athletic endeavors are given accolades and status that is leading down the path of its okay to have a sense of entitlement, to look down on the less fortunate.

 

In the privileged communities I think that the parents provide more of the mentality than the coaches.

 

That's true in every community. Parents - and adults in general - foster that sense of entitlement regardless of the sport. Coaches aren't blameless but they also aren't usually totally responsible for those types of situations.

And the sport doesn't matter either. If your town is known for hockey, it's the hockey players. If it's known for basketball, it's the basketball players, etc.

I blame soccer for this.