Friday, August 17, 2007

Sportsmanship...Even When It Hurts

There are some things worth more than the won-loss record.

This is a truism that everybody says they believe.

But when you actually discover the principle being put into action, especially when it is done by a big-time college football coach who could have adopted the NCAA's "business as usual" approach to escape some very difficult consequences, then you've got a real example of character.

Here's Yahoo Sport's Dan Wetzel's take on a story that should have received a lot more attention than it has; namely, Oklahoma's Bob Stoops' quick and thorough enactment of penalties for cheating football players.