I think dcs point nails it on the head.
Receiving an athletic scholarship is different from having the chance to go to college
somewhere. College athletes are representatives of their university and even if he did his time for the original crimes, he then proceeded to fail to register.
As a college athlete, the school is paying for him to travel the country, and athletes are often put in a position of trust around children at camps, after games.
It feels bizarre thay some people consider very different crimes to be the same thing. Its much worse if there is a pattern over decades involvomg dozens of women. It is much worse if it involves violence, threats, or an incapcitated party (especially if that incapacitation was pre-meditated). And it is much worse if it involves children or minors.
If someone committed sex crimes against children over a span of years, did their time, then failed to register, I think itd be unwise to make that person a representative of your university, to send them around the country unmonitored, and to put him in a position of trust as an OSU athlete around children at camps, and young adoring fans after games.
College athletes have trust and access as representatives of their university so they should be held to a high standard.
Receiving an athletic scholarship is different from having the chance to go to college
somewhere. College athletes are representatives of their university and even if he did his time for the original crimes, he then proceeded to fail to register.
As a college athlete, the school is paying for him to travel the country, and athletes are often put in a position of trust around children at camps, after games.
It feels bizarre thay some people consider very different crimes to be the same thing. Its much worse if there is a pattern over decades involvomg dozens of women. It is much worse if it involves violence, threats, or an incapcitated party (especially if that incapacitation was pre-meditated). And it is much worse if it involves children or minors.
If someone committed sex crimes against children over a span of years, did their time, then failed to register, I think itd be unwise to make that person a representative of your university, to send them around the country unmonitored, and to put him in a position of trust as an OSU athlete around children at camps, and young adoring fans after games.
College athletes have trust and access as representatives of their university so they should be held to a high standard.