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The Subtle Moral Calculus of University Athletics

Johnny Manziel, and now his replacement at Texas A&M: Really not too bad. Not too bad at all!

To persecute [Kenny] Hill for doing something that Texas A&M students, and college students across the nation, engage in routinely is a crime in itself. If you haven’t seen the Arizona and Wisconsin University riots from this weekend, I suggest you Google them immediately.

Margaret Soltan, March 31, 2014 3:37AM
Posted in: sport

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3 Responses to “The Subtle Moral Calculus of University Athletics”

  1. Mr Punch Says:

    Well,the whole point of this article is that the incident has nothing to do with athletics; and I think it makes the case pretty well. “19-year-old college student passes out drunk” is not ordinarily headline news. And being at a public university, he can’t even have a union rep …

  2. Margaret Soltan Says:

    Not just any student, Mr Punch – the next Johnny Manziel, as it were. High-profile, highly privileged, young campus godlet. And symbolic – whether it’s fair that he’s symbolic or not – of so much that’s wrong with revenue athletics at universities. The effort to make it look routine is fated to fail.

  3. JND Says:

    If this guy were a food stamp recipient, thousands of Aggies would call for his hide.

    As an Aggie quarterback, the problem is all those people who hate Aggies.

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