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[quote=Anonymous]I would not support suspending, expelling or punishing individual boys at a school for pulling this crap. (And I do think it's pretty awful).  Even athletes (one or two boys who happen to be on an athletic team, but it is not a team wide issue). But athletic teams are and should be held to a higher standard. They represent  their school publicly and at different schools and locations all over the place. If this type of thing goes on with large parts/a significant number of members of a team, and the school does nothing, they are condoning the behavior-- and it makes the entire school look bad. And female students less likely to want to attend in an atmosphere where this is accepted. If that happened with a team at my alma mater, I would expect them to take action. Because I'm proud of the the school I attended, and it is better than that.  Harvard and MIT are better than that. No school wants to be tagged as the next Duke LAX.

Like it or not, part of being a student athlete is (or should be) being held to a higher standard when you are or could be perceived as representing your school.  Wear a tie on the basketball court when not in uniform. Shake hands. Show manners and be a good sport.  It's part of the deal when you take the scholarship and join the team. And yes-- don't degrade women.

So before you get all up in arms about boys will be boys and locker room talk-- ask yourself-- how would you feel if this was your college? Or your kids?

As an aside, I'm a Wake Forest grad cringing and somewhat embarrassed this week that one of our own was involved in Wakeyleaks. I would imagine grads from VT (which has handled their involvement in a classy manner), and to a greater extent Louisville (which has not) feel the same.

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