Five players from Ohio State have received a punishment of suspension for the first five games of NEXT season. They will be allowed to play in this year's post-season bowl.
Their coach announced that they had all PROMISED that they will return next year and carry out the suspension. (Of course, the university has also appealed the penalty -- after all, if they play and win their bowl game, there is a chance the NCAA will reduce the penalty and they will get to play most of next season)
The coach felt that it would not be "fair" to keep them out a bowl game that they had "earned" by their play this season.
Whether you feel that the NCAA rules that they violated are fair or not is not part of THIS discussion.
They PROMISED that they will return. What holds them to that promise?
Fairness, honor, integrity and morality should hold them to that promise.
Is that enough? Will it hold?
If an NFL team offers any of these young men a contract for next season, what will keep them from accepting?
Honor, Integrity, Morality.
Is that enough?
If I owned an NFL team, would I want to employ someone who would take a public stand, then disavow it for financial gain? What does that tell me about the employee?
Frankly, there are NFL owners who have shown that they do not care about the honor of their team, the honor of the game, or anything except their own egos being stroked by winning.
So, where do you think these guys will be playing next year?
Ohio State?
Dallas?
Oakland?
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This sordid episode highlights the football factories that universities have become. The fact that the Big 10 title rings meant less than nothing to these jocks is pretty depressing. Why play for championships if they're so meaningless? And I'm sure honor, integrity, and morality will lead these bozos right off campus.
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