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After Chip Kelly's response to court appearances of two Oregon football players, I am dismayed and angry at the differences in the team suspensions:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124638036

The player who stole items was suspended for the next season, while the player who committed domestic abuse was suspended for one game.  With all of the recent stories and deaths from domestic abuse in this state this frustrates me.  I think that the message sent to the community says that its not that bad to be an abuser; but don't steal someone's stuff.  

posted 3 years, 2 months ago
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