ballcoach15 wrote:I think every team in America needs to do a better job on educating athletes on behavior issues. Also NCAA should crack down on bad behavior more. If a player is guilty of sexual assault. Kick him off the team and out of school. If anyone tries to cover it up, fire him/her and if they committed a crime themselves in process, charge him/her.
Also there should be a curfew for all college athletes. Most cases of bad behavior occur at an hour early in morning that everyone should be in dorm/Apt/etc sleeping.
This has nothing to do with the NCAA, and God forbid it ever would. They can't handle the stuff they are responsible for. These are law enforcement issues, and the schools (including coaches) need to be a partner with LE in bringing criminals to justice rather than cozying up to them to help them get away with it so they can continue to play ball.
A lot of the actions you mention are exactly what Baylor eventually did. The main issue is they waited too long, probably hoping it could be swept under the rug. The biggest thing coaches can do is identify players that are likely to be problems in the recruiting process and avoid them like the plague, but there is a ton of pressure to win at any cost. I think a lot of coaches honestly believe or have rationalized that they can be the guy who turns a kid around, and the better the player, the more they believe it. Way too often they just end up being enablers.