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University of Oklahoma president David Boren’s immediate expulsion of students involved with a recently-leaked racist video stands in sharp contrast to the lighter treatment the school has given to football players found responsible for violent crimes.
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“There is zero tolerance for this kind of threatening racist behavior at the University of Oklahoma,” Boren said.
However, while Boren might have zero tolerance for racist songs sung in private, Boren and OU have taken a very different approach to the privileged members of the school’s elite college football team, emphasizing the importance of second chances and allowing the team to welcome back players with a history of violence and even sexual assault.
One such player was Joe Mixon, a freshman and one of the top football prospects for the Sooners. Last July, Mixon was caught on video in an altercation with another OU student, 20-year-old junior . During the altercation, Mixon punched Molitor so hard he broke four bones in her face and knocked her unconscious.
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Despite his conviction, Mixon faced a comparatively light punishment compared to the massive crackdown on the Sigma Alpha Epsilon students. He was suspended from the team for the season, but faced no other repercussions, remaining on campus and continuing to attend classes like any other student.
In February, Mixon was allowed to rejoin the football team. Boren, at the time, said that while Mixon’s behavior was abhorrent, it was important to grant second chances.
“The judicial outcome and the video speak for themselves,” Boren said. “The University is an educational institution, which always sets high standards that we hope will be upheld by our students. We hope that our students will all learn from those standards, but at the same time, we believe in second chances so that our students can learn and grow from life’s experiences.”
If he feels someone has done something wrong he is a hypocrite. If they are expendable he throws them away, if they add value via sports he keeps them. He lacks integrity.
This situation is a bit more complicated than that.
1) The altercation between the football player and the female student started with the female student calling the football player the N word and hitting the football player. He retaliated in the heat of the moment by hitting her.
Another football player at Texas Tech had a similar incident occur with a woman in a pick up basketball game just prior to the OU incident in which the woman hit the player and the player hit her back. That guy was suspended for a few games. And still another player at LSU alledgedly hit a woman and did not receive any game suspensions or anything. I think Boren worked off of those two precidents in "sentencing" the OU player in this instance.
However, about six years ago an OU football player did an impromptu "gansta" rap during which he rapped about shooting people. Someone recorded it and put it up on You Tube. Boren booted that guy from the school.
The SAE incident was more similar to the rap video and Boren worked off of that precedent. He gave neither a second chance.
This situation is a bit more complicated than that.
1) The altercation between the football player and the female student started with the female student calling the football player the N word and hitting the football player. He retaliated in the heat of the moment by hitting her.
Although she is no angel that is a common accusation.
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However, about six years ago an OU football player did an impromptu "gansta" rap during which he rapped about shooting people. Someone recorded it and put it up on You Tube. Boren booted that guy from the school.
The SAE incident was more similar to the rap video and Boren worked off of that precedent. He gave neither a second chance.
Interesting but a drop in the bucket.
Last edited by joeyg2014; 03-15-2015 at 12:12 AM..
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