University of Minnesota Football Team Will Play Bowl Game - Sexual Assault Case

[MineralMan]

6. I don't know, frankly.

I simply don't understand the mindset that would allow a group of young men to behave in that way. Something is missing in them. Frankly, I cannot even imagine what the attraction might be to engage in such a thing. It would be disgusting to me to even consider, and I've never encountered anything like it in my 71 years.

There is a problem with student athletes having privilege in schools where sports are treated as something more important than academics. All too often, those athletes come to believe that they are somehow not required to follow the rules everyone else must follow. That privilege begins even in high schools in many places and continues into collegiate sports and even into professional sports.

Athletes are given a pass on behaviors nobody would tolerate from any other group. That is why I dislike the extra focus on athletics in schools, while academics and other activities often seem to be only tolerated.

I hope the U of M follows through with better enforcement of its rules of conduct for its athletes, as well as for the rest of the student body.