Saturday, July 17, 2010

More Underaged Drinking at Notre Dame? So What?

I just did my daily browse through Yahoo! Sports blogs, and came across a blog post about more college kids getting arrested for partying and drinking even though they are under the legal age to drink (21). To be honest, the only reason this is any news is because one of them is Nate, the son of Notre Dame and 49er great Joe Montana. Yes, when someone breaks the law it should be taken seriously, but not be blown out of proportion. Yes, this is not the first time Notre Dame has had to deal with this due to a recruit dieing from alcohol related reasons and Jimmy Clausen "broing it up" at the Beer Olympics (pictured below).
Do any of us really think those cops that made the arrest didn't drink as college underclassmen? Let's be real. The vast majority of college-aged "kids" drink and have some sort of social life. Not only that, but why make a big deal about what people do in their spare time? This party was not in the middle of summer camp, regular season, or even bowl game prep. So why scrutinize college kids for having a good time, especially when no one was hurt, no brawls broke out, and nothing Notre Dame football related was impeded due to this transgression. Sometimes athletes are held to a double standard saying they should not act like any other kid having the college experience. I would say that during the season or camp they should definitely not forget the reason why they are getting a scholarship and focus only on school (unless they are U$C athletes, in which case school is not part of the equation) and contributing their talents in the best way to the football team. But this is July, it was a house party, and they simply broke a law. Let the police deal with it, and move on. This happens all the time, and if no one gets hurt there is no reason to make a big deal out of it.

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