“[M]ore than half of the Big Ten has now been the subject of a major scandal within the last decade.”
This writer worries about “a cultural problem.”
As UD has been suggesting for oh so long, it ain’t a cultural problem. It’s a cult problem. Many Big Ten programs are classic cults: Small secretive organizations fixated on arcane and violent behaviors, and led by extremely powerful charismatic authoritarians (aka cult leaders). They frighten everyone, starting with the university’s president, and they generate scandal after scandal because, like all cults, they’re fucking nuts.
Today’s faux shock is directed at the University of Maryland’s homicidal football program. And so it goes.