It is entirely possible that a planned examination of alleged cheating by University of Texas student-athletes could mushroom into something much broader.
UT is looking into whether three basketball players cheated in the classroom. But officials say they intend to broaden the investigation, to look more deeply into the conduct of students — and their instructors.
http://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/16/ut-launches-broad-inquiry-athletes-academics/
This ought to be a welcome development if we’re going to continue to refer to these young men and women as student-athletes, putting the word “student” first.
UT-Austin President Greg Fenves said “no improprieties” have been found … so far.
Let’s hope it stays that way.
If, however, the university determines that “improprieties” do exist in the classroom, there must be serious consequences delivered to all offending parties.
Some of us — me included — like the term “student-athlete” and all that it implies.
Chief among the implications is that the young men and women should be enrolled in our public universities to obtain an education, that they aren’t in school just to play whatever sport in which they excelled in high school, earning them a fully paid publicly fundedĀ post-secondary education.
I don’t want the UT brass to find widespread cheating. If they do, however, then I’m prepared to support some serious punishment.