This was my submission to the forum:
I find the timing of this article highly suspect. Additionally, language and facts support a visible agenda--one that is unfavorable to the CU football program. Finally, the research supporting the article is spotty, and inaccuracies abound.
1. Timing: This article reports no new information and simply serves as a rehash of previous events. Why now? Why would this article appear a mere month before National Letter of Intent Signing day, when many potential recruits are making up their minds regarding their final choice of college? I suspect it is more than mere coincidence.
2. Slant: As noted above, no new incidents involving CU players have emerged, but the article nonetheless wonders would could happen if these players are left unsupervised. Simple fear-mongering and speculation. The lead sentence inexplicably makes the point that CU is left out of the bowl scene for this season. What's the point? The final sentences implies doubt that CU players will conduct themselves appropropriately. It goes without saying that "shame" is a fairly loaded word.
3. Inaccuracies: Mr. Geer was suspended for the Spring Semester, but no games as your paper reported (missed games for knee surgery). Mr. Katoa was suspended for the Spring Semester not the Fall Semester as you reported. He wasn't eligible (NCAA academic requiremens) to play this Fall as a result of that suspension. Dizon had completed playing at CU at the time of his DUI (I realize that your article does include "former CU players, but what's the point?). Similarly, Harris and Jackson were no longer even students at CU at the time of their arrest. Though Sipili was suspended for three games by the coaching staff in 07, the student judiciary affairs committee suspended him for the semester and he missed the entire season. I believe that information was in the article, piecemeal, but did not appear in one single place.
4. Missed opportunities: Little time is actually spent discussing how Coach Hawkins and AD Bohn are dealing with these off-field issues, though the headline would lead one to believe that was the thrust of the article. I'd argue that these issues are handled with maximum transparency and accountability. I can't condone the crimes of these players, but it appears to me that each individual incident has been handled with consistency. Multiple incidents clearly result in dismissal. Coach Hawkins has to sit in the living room with these players' parents and promise his advocacy, and I believe he does his best to support those players until they cross that line. I'm delighted that these incidents aren't swept under the rug and that athletes such as nebraska's Mo Purify, who commit multiple violations, aren't permitted to play at CU.
I believe CU's program is heading in the right direction, despite your attempts to suggest otherwise.
Shame on you for your petty agenda.