Chancellor Zeppos responds...

Rice…thanks. No secret that misconduct is committed by other than athletes. I am puzzled why post after post points out that non-athletes commit rapes too. I am well aware of that. I do believe that in some instances athletes are singularly unfit to be on academic campuses, and that some schools look past this in favour of having them there to strengthen athletic programs. I think this is hypocritical as it endangers other students. Some of these athletes are also an affront to the very concept of education, since they have scant interest or aptitude for that. One of the gentlemen scholars accused in the current case at VU delivered himself of this during a police interview: “We was like brothers. I didn’t want nothing bad to happen to nobody…” I don’t know about you, but it made me shudder. I realize my view may be against the grain in a society where the greatest sin may be to hold anyone to any standard at all.