There had been talk of BYU winning the NCAA Men’s basketball tourney this year, but in light of the dismissal of one of the star players that talk is on pause. Brandon Davies has been dismissed from the team for violating the school’s honor code. He engaged in pre-martial sex with his girlfriend. All students are familar with the code, but his dismissal does hurt the team, and it seems that the ones without sin should be throwing the stones. We know how that analogy worked out, but tell me is this fair?
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Hmmmm, Though human and canine ethics and sense of responsibilities may vary, I can issue an opinion. If a person makes a commitment, knowing the ramifications of commitment before he/she makes it, the honorable course is to live by the word you’ve sworn to. Failing to do that, it is fair that you be subject to the ramifications of violating the commitment you’ve made. If not, why is a commitment ever made?
Sandy
Now I have heard everything. I have lived in this God forsaken state for 23 years and am trying to leave. All these Mormons who say they are holier than now are hypocrites. They have affairs and drink and gamble while pretending to saints. Give this guy a break. What a crock.
Only babies get what they want by whinning and complaining. Adults recieve consequences for their actions and when you give your word, you’re held to it. This guy knew what he was doing, knew the potential punishments for his actions and disregarded them. He deserves what he got, HOPEFULLY he’ll learn from his mistake next year because he sounds like a great player.
He gave his word. He broke it. There are repercussions to breaking your word. What i want to know is, how did word get out that he’d had sex with his girlfriend?
Are there other players doing this or any other weird ‘honor’ code violation? Has the school admins been check out throughly to see if they are having affairs, etc.
You can pick and choose how you apply the rules.
What do the players think about it?
I meant to say *can’t* pick and choose
Jim McMahon went to this school…I am absolutely sure he was a virgin until he went to the Chicago Bears! The pharmacist close to the BYU campus in Provo always tells me that he can never keep enough stock of condoms and BC pills for the students. And the LDS hospital maternity wards in Salt Lake city keep having these babies born 5 months after the wedding who are full term.
When BYU held the NCAA track and field meet in 1967, they wouldn’t allow black players to even stay on campus! They had to find housing off campus.
Anyone who lives in Provo (Happy Valley) knows the hypocrisy of this church.
This is the kind of reasoning that I would have found unacceptable from my kids when they were twelve years of age. “Come on Dad none of the other girls in my class are virgins” my daughter might protest. Now if you think my point is that the age of twelve is too young for a girl to have surrendered her virginity, it isn’t. My point is that the age of twelve is too old for such sophistical reasoning. To surmise that Jim McMahon attended BYU and left without his virginity intact means that BYU should discard their standard and policy to which attendees agree is beyond reasonable.
If standards are to be discarded when fallen short of, be they standards of behavior or performance eventually the desire to pursue ideals will vanish. We need to be very carful about how willing we are to lower the bar. Behaviors have consequences.