The potential reality of the Ph and BKFs posts scare me.
Alumni under the age of 40 are the ones who only know Wake as a "winner". This group dates back to the 94/95 and 95/96 ACC championships. They will be much more likely to expect and demand winning and much less likely to accept LOWF.
Until this group gets a little older and matures into positions of influence at Wake Forest, there may not be any pressure on the decision makers at Wake to fix the train wreck that is our athletic department. And that could literally take 10-20 years.
I think what is more likely to happen is that by that time this younger group will have matured enough to realize that there are more important things in life than winning basketball games if you have to sacrifice the reputation of the university to do so. And in today's cutthroat world of bigtime college athletics, it is becoming increasingly difficult to achieve one without the other.
ETA: And I understand how some of these younger people feel. From the time I was 10 years old until I was 38 years old, I considered WF basketball to be one of the most important things in my life.
It has everything to do with your post, PH. You are supposed to be an educator....but you seem to be much more interested in winning basketball games than in graduating students.
PH, let me clue you in. When a program that is watched by millions every day on a national television like the Today Show runs a story on sexual abuse by the basketball team, your reputation has been damaged.
This is absolutely true. If Wake must avoid star athletes because of the risk of disrupting the "culture", then Wake should, no MUST, leave the ACC and big time athletics. Wake is making itself into a pariah by becoming a willing punching bag with no ability to compete. It makes Wake synonymous with laughingstock whom no one will respect for its "stance". They will respect it if we leave athletics, but not if we stay in to reap unearned TV money rewards. That's greed and accepting pecuniary reward at the expense of dignity. God I hate these people. Let the revolution begin.If Wake is not interested in competing at the highest level, that is a choice to be made. Agree or not, I would respect the decision to concentrate on being solely an academic institution. However, in that case, Wake does not need to spend so much money on facilities and scholarships. The problem right now is that Wake is participating in sports without really attempting to compete, despite what is being said. There are plenty of ways to be competitive and have a good reputation. If there is so much concern that good athletes will drag down the reputation of the school with bad behavior (a really poor argument, by the way), then just stop the athletics. Focus on making Wake a great academic institution and stop pretending to compete without really trying.
PH, let me clue you in. When a program that is watched by millions every day on a national television like the Today Show runs a story on sexual abuse by the basketball team, your reputation has been damaged.