I thought I was done with fraud and bad faith for a few days. Then I read this article in The New York Times and it boiled my blood to read about the flaming antics of lowering academic standards and revisionist uniforms during the time so far of John Jenkins and Brian Kelly: Marc Tracy, "The Blue And Gold Loses a Bit of Its Luster" p. B11, col. 4 (New York Times Nat'l ed., "SportsWednesday" Section, August 20, 2014).
Are these people so unsure of themselves that they have got to change Notre Dame's integrity so that everyone will know that they are leaving their mark?
Brian Kelly paraded the new look of Notre Dame football uniforms. Click the linked newspaper report to see a photograph. High school. There, that's enough said. The time it takes to read the last four sentences is about as much time as Kelly spent at the press conference rolling out these items of apparel.
Mr. Kelly spent more time answering lots of questions about football players who were suspected of cheating in class.
At Notre Dame.
The Reverend Jenkins explained that everybody does it:
Young people sometimes make bad decisions.
President of the University of Notre Dame John Jenkins, quoted in the New York Times report, link here.
Really? Is that the best defense your lawyers could come up with?
Messrs. Jenkins and Kelly, you have already left your mark on Notre Dame. You can quit now. Here is what you have done, compared to a previous pair of people who used to run the place:
Number of football players suspended or "held out of practice and competition, although not suspended"*:
Ted Hesburgh, University President, and Ara Parseghian, Head Football Coach: 0.
John Jenkins, University President, and Brian Kelly, Head Football Coach: 5.
*According to the linked New York Times article, 4 players were not suspended this past week but were instead "held out of practice and competition," and player number 5 was actually suspended last fall for cheating.
As was said of Neville Chamberlain after he presided over his own much greater failure,"For God's sake, GO!"