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[mabeelrc]

Aren't school athletic programs supposed to teach good behavior and sound ethics--something called "sportsmanship"?  I mean, wasn't that, at one time , the whole point of school athletic programs? 

I don't think this current fad, teaching jocks "good behavior", is exactly on target.  The ethics courses should perhaps be offered to the coaches, the university presidents, and the universities' governing board members first--the ones who teach the athletes to win at any cost, the ones who look the other way when star athletes are caught acting like thugs and morons.

[spork]

See my comments in the thread "Male students and the Charlotte Simmons campus culture" at  http://chronicle.com/forums/index.php/topic,28260.0.html

[cmshaw]

Working in several disciplinary cases with student athletes, I found coaches to be supportive of the ideals, but lacking the tools to talk about decision making. Most were in disbelief when they heard about players' behavior because, "I told the team on the first day of training that my #1 rule was 'Do the right thing.'" Sharon Stoll is helping both the students and coaches communicate truthfully on their own turf, with results that could impact many more as students become coaches themselves. At most of the institutions mentioned, the $25,000 price tag would be more than covered by the tuition of a student who does not face expulsion.