Letter to the editor:
After months of college football and basketball, I’m worn out. Maybe worn out more from frustration with commentators in love with bad guys and whining coaches and bad calls from officials, and transfers, suspensions, reinstatements and misbehavior (“Armour: NCAA still tap dancing around important issues”).
It’s everyone’s fault. We all want to win. But at what cost? I once heard a commentator’s shock because a school required players to attend class the day of a big game. Coaches (schools) caught doing something illegal may or may not be penalized. It’s the same for players.
A young friend received a scholarship to a big-name school and was asked at registration, “Do you want the athletic curriculum, or the other one?” This friend took the “other one” and graduated in three years. Many athletes fit this mold. The ones who don’t, and coaches who push past rules, and fans and administrations who want a win at all costs make me tired and worn out. And nothing will change. And I will continue to watch and be worn out.
Bob Stephens; Destin, Fla.
Comments from Facebook are edited for clarity and grammar:
Certain coaches can basically run sham programs with little to no repercussion, but other coaches do far less and get the hammer. It’s not what you do; it’s who you are.
— Michael Moats
No way college athletes should ever get paid. You think it’s corrupt now? Start paying these kids. It’ll be a whole other level of corrupt.
— Mark Bondi
