Wednesday, February 23, 2022
Our University of Michigan Problem
The University of Michigan is going through some hard times. In descending order of importance: They employed a sexual predator as team doctor, leading to the victimization of hundreds of athletes, the president resigned after a sex scandal, and last weekend their basketball coach, Juwan Howard, punched a Wisconsin coach in the head because he was upset about a timeout called near the end of the game.
The first two issues come from a deep-rooted and poisonous culture.
On the third, I have an idea what the real problem is: the Wolverines don't have a mascot. In situations like this, conflict is often farmed out to the mascots, who work it out between themselves. Here, check this out-- it's Michigan State v. Wisconsin:
As it turns out, Howard received only a five-game suspension for his actions, which seems a little low to me-- and you all know how I come out on sentencing.
