A double standard at Nebraska

[madmax]

Originally posted by Betarulz!
As a Husker and a Greek, I certainly hope that there will be some repurcussions. However comparing haircuts to teh open welts and liasons on the buttocks of those DU's is not the same. The punishments should not be the same by any means, b/c the difference in action is substantial.

Maybe a better comparison would be the DU incident vs. the rape committed by Christian Peter or Lawernce Phillips beating the shit out of his girlfriend and dragging her down the stairs by her hair.

[DeltAlum]

Originally posted by madmax
Do you even have to ask the question? Tom Osborne used to bail Lawernce Philips out of jail every Saturday and team captain Christian Peter was a rapist.

http://www.pulitzer.org/year/1997/co...y/works/4.html

Couldn't make the link work, so I'll just ask the question. I remember the allegations, but were either of the two tried and convicted? If not, Max, you'd better go back and edit in "reportedly" and "allegedly" above. If they weren't convicted, you're slandering them. If they were, you're OK, but I might use a little different language.

Moving on, as many of you know, I used to Executive Produce and/or direct University of Colorado football games -- back in the days of the Big Eight. I really enjoyed working with all of the Athletic Departments -- except Nebraska. There was an arrogance there that ranged from the AD down to the lowest member of the team. They were great football teams -- but pretty much jerks to work with.

Now, having said that, I really like the university, and Lincoln as a town. It was just the attitude that turned me off.