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Student Post - Athletes, Violence, and Sex

By Corey Rayburnyung

The stance among universities and professional sports has always been that the number of incidents of sexual crimes committed by athletes is in line with the percentages of the rest of the population. The only reason why it may seem like there are higher instances of athletes committing violent and sexual crimes is because when they do occur the media attacks it like a raccoon on a knocked over garbage can. Athletes are famous, many of them serve as role models, like it or not Charles Barkley, so when one of these incidents occur, it is big news throughout the country. Even when incidents occur at major universities, it is national news and the media may exploit it to some extent but that is only because the media knows that people care.These incidents have been some of the biggest news stories over the past fifteen to twenty years...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on March 17, 2009 (boomark / email).