Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Bobby Bowden Should Not Be Penalized For Wrong Doing Of Players

I know that the coach at any college program is ultimately responsible for his team and their success or failure. However, in this case, Florida St. Football Coach Bobby Bowdon, the second most winningest coach in College Football, should not be docked 14 wins because of the cheating scandal involving some of his players.
Bowdon trails Penn St. Head Coach Joe Paterno by 1 game. If he is docked those 14 wins, Paterno would almost certainly go down as the winningest coach and his record may never be broken. Even Paterno himself, who has great admiration for Coach Bowdon, said that Bobby Bowdon should not have those 14 wins taken away from him.
Though a head coach is responsible, in this case, Bowdon did not know that some of his players who played in those 14 wins were involved in a campus wide cheating scandal involving several athletes from several different sports. Will the Men's Golf Team be penalized? Some of their players were involved. Coach Bowdon cannot know everything and be everywhere. This is anything but a perfect world. If he was aware that those players were implicated in the scandal, he most certainly would have not played them in those games no matter what was at stake. Those of you who read this article may have a different opinion. I would like to hear it. If you are going to take away wins from Bowdon, take away first place finishes from the Track and Field Team, or the Golf Team or any other sport where players were involved in the cheating scandal.

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