ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) — Cornell University has fired men's lacrosse coach Ben DeLuca, two months after the season was canceled because of hazing.
Athletic director Andy Noel says new leadership is required. Assistant coach Matt Kerwick will serve as the interim coach.
The college announced the cancellation in September after an investigation determined upperclassmen had hazed freshman players who were made to drink beer to the point where some vomited.
Last year, a university fraternity was found guilty of hazing in the alcohol poisoning death of a Cornell student. Authorities said a 19-year-old sophomore from Brooklyn died after drinking too much alcohol during a hazing ritual.
In three seasons under DeLuca, a former Cornell player and assistant coach, the team went 37-11 overall and 16-2 in the Ivy League.
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Amazing. They fire a guy for college students being dumb college students and promote a guy with a DWI on his record to interim head coach. What kind of leadership does this teach the guys on the team at Cornell?
Amazing. They fire a guy for college students being dumb college students and promote a guy with a DWI on his record to interim head coach. What kind of leadership does this teach the guys on the team at Cornell?
i just dont understand. what did he do???
Standard knee jerk reaction from an overly sensitive Ivy League athletic department in response to national and university pressures. Not only does this stand out as a glaring example of sport based bias, but it highlights the double standard and scapegoatism of college athletes and their leadership.
Yet this remains the pre-text. It is easy to point fingers at universities for succumbing to increased public pressure emboldened by media sensationalized high profile stories. That is the short con. Two forces at play are each trying to re-establish the underpinnings of college athletics. Major market universities participating in mass market sports are insulating their profile programs while the media and a growing progressive force would like to see the separation of church and state (Athletics and Academics). The short con is a distraction. Keep the hysteria high and the people occupied while they are getting spoon fed propaganda for the real issues.
It will be interesting to see how all this plays out over the next decade. College athletics, or athletics as a part of education, has always been a mainstay in the American approach to the development of well rounded youth. It would be a shame to see us forget that. Equally as shameful is our monetization of it.