His article is here - http://www.thestate.com/gogamecocks/story/478914.html
Cliff note summary of the article is this - That USC was wrong to allow Garcia back on the team ahead of schedule due to his suspension and this is a black eye for USC.
Central theme to the story, as Morris states, is -
The message sent by allowing Garcia to rejoin the USC football team two weeks ahead of schedule is clear: You are important to the football program’s success; you are an exception to the rules; you are a possible superstar, and we will bend the rules at every turn to ensure your success.Again we here at LOHD have no love for Ron Morris and seldom agree with him (I think we have agreed with him a total of twice in his career at The State). Okay, we dislike the guy and yet again find his writing hard to stomach b/c it is way off base but this is what the media is all about in South Carolina. They criticize USC on things like this but give free passes to Klempson. We will not begin to discuss Bowden and the way he has handled allowing a "accused girlfriend beater" to remain part of the team....oh, and how the media has not even touched it really but on the surface and we will not mention the player allowed to play in the bowl game after getting a DUI....we will stop there b/c we want to hear from you on this one.
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Not only that, but what if it were USC Coaches using athletic funds in their own accounts, or the abortions of the female athletes. They have/had another player with a DUI charge that played in many games. A Coach dies
while attending a party with many players at a booster's home. Police Chief investigated and resigns but no one hears why?
It is a shame that a newspaper and person like Morris are allowed to operate.
My email to Morris:
I was once suspended from the University of South Carolina. I had to meet certain criteria in order to return. My initial application for readmission was denied but approved on appeal. On paper I did not have exactly what the school was looking for but once I was allowed to state my case I was rewarded with a second chance. I will always be grateful for that reward. I hope you don't judge all of us who are given extra chances as harshly as you have judged Stephen Garcia.
well said Snead. I see your point and side with you.
I dont even want to get into what goes on in clemson but morris needs to be fired. how can the state allow this clown to continually bash USC every chance he gets. He does says nothing but negatives. If he was writing negatives about clemson or some other program okay. he really shouldnt be writing negatives constantly about any program but to be doing it reguarly at the flagship university of the state in which the city you work in where the readership is probably 80% USC fans is riduculus. It just baffels me how this guy can have a job. his views are way off base of 99% of the readership. where is his article about how he is ashamed of clemson not only allowing a women beater to stay in school but to be a student athlete as he talked so much about in the garcia article. He talks about how terrible garcia is. He probably has never once met the kid or anything. 2 offenses with drinking and 1 that is bad i would be pissed about getting my car keyed but underage drinking could happen to college kid. Get with it Morris or get out.
word on the street is that Morris was writing this while Bowden had his head in Ron's lap.
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