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In reply to the discussion: Four CT Football Players Charged In Rape Of 13-Year-Olds [View all]Blackjackdavey
(178 posts)For some reason, each time one of these incidents occur folks are quick to blame sports, which I consider more of an antecedent for the actual issue which never gets any attention. I didn't see any information on this in the current article which provides few details but the common thread between the highly publicized incident in Ohio and the similar incident that took place when I was in High school in 1985 and again in college at Kansas State Unviversity in 1991 was underage drinking. It's true birds of a feather flock together... to the same parties -- underage drinking occurs and bad things, including girls getting raped, happen. They drive home and kill folks on the road as well -- sometimes football players do that, no one talks about sports at that point. Underage drinking is and continues to be a problem that is indeed condoned by many parents in many communities and I would bet my next paycheck that the drinking, the location of the drinking and who is providing the alcohol is the major motivation behind the cover ups by adults that we continuously see when these things happen -- not the sports or the "sports money."