No one is more important than LSU football

 

I always knew there were two football entities that you don’t mess with in Louisiana, Drew Brees and the LSU Tigers.  However, the two are very divergent in deserving one’s allegiance.  Brees’ accomplishments both on the field and off which include many humanitarian endeavors for the city of New Orleans speak volumes.  And while many of the LSU Tigers individual players deserve respect, those charged with providing their mentorship are a total disaster.

 

In previous commentaries I tried to point out the dangerous obsessiveness LSU demonstrates as it relates to football.  Everything was fine at LSU, in the eyes of its revelers, as long as the Tigers could win the big one coupled with trouncing Alabama even as the academic climate of LSU continued to be decimated by legislative fiscal cuts.

 

However, in my wildest imagination I never perceived that LSU football would trump the moral protection of its young female student body.  The scandal surrounding Les Miles and the ensuing cover ups which continue today as evidenced by the refusal of any of the higher ups to appear before a state legislative investigative committee are mind blowing.

 

It’s also mind blowing that other institutions, not directly connected with any of this mess, severed all connections with those involved in it, namely the firing of Les Miles at Kansas and F. King Alexander at Oregon.  These institutions simply didn’t want those type of individuals anywhere near their student bodies.

 

On the other hand, LSU seems to have no problems with the way sexual assault cases were mishandled by its staff which were directly involved, for it has terminated no one.

It is apparent that despite what LSU claims about the ‘new culture’ that now exits at its campus, its present stonewalling actions suggest otherwise.  In the long run, LSU will just continue to hide behind legal maneuverings biding its time until this just all fades away and once again we can get down to what really matters, LSU winning the big one coupled with trouncing Alabama even at the expense of their female student body.