Commentary: Is it time to spin off BYU's football program?
A recent Tribune sports page column urged Brigham Young University to scrap its honor code. BYU, it said, has conflicting desires: to be a football power, and to maintain “restrictive behavioral rules ... that many top athletes have a most difficult time following.” The op-ed claims some athletes violate the code — drinking, sleeping around — but get only wrist-slaps unless violations become public.The author, Gordon Monson, states that “There simply are not enough
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