Chancellor Zeppos responds...

Actually, the point was precisely that schools are sometimes willingly overlooking the danger signs about athletes and admitting them, thus jeopardizing other students. I believe there is a real issue there. And when you consider all schools, including the big football factories, the incidence of misconduct by athletes is higher than fraternities (serious, criminal misconduct, that is). I wrote in an earlier post about the fate of many athletes after college…that is a shocking profile, and I dare say that it has some manifestations while these guys are in college too. I personally believe colleges may in some cases have liability for the antics of some of these athletes…in the same way a person would have liability for, say, leaving a child unattended in the presence of a bad dog…but I am no lawyer. I am convinced that some colleges practice the art of supreme hypocrisy and cynicism in allowing some of these guys on to their campuses, to remain competitive is sports.