Was BYU right to suspend Brandon Davies?

Regardless to ones view on premartial sex Brandon Davies violated the rules . He read and signed the schools honor code just as all other BYU students . He didn't and shouldn't receive special treatment due to him being a star basketball player .

For every action and behavior there are consquences he was aware what the consquences are for breaking the honor code. BYU did the right thing by enforcing their honor code regardless to who Mr.Davies is .

I agree completely with Equus on this. Too bad the rest of the world seems to want to turn a blind eye to our athletes when they decide to participate in a little misconduct. Rules are rules.

When you know the rules and sign a contract, you should be held to the code of conduct. Go BYU!

Yes, of course. The fact that he had premarital sex isn't the point (nothing wrong with sex, in my opinion). The point is, he chose to attend BYU knowing full well that their honor code forbade premarital sex.It's no different than playing for someone who forbids smoking or drug use or eating meat on Fridays, for heaven's sake.

He knew the rules, he agreed to them, he broke them. Break the rules, expect consequences. Sometimes it's a hard lesson to learn.

They maybe consenting adults but his acceptance of the honor code should have stopped him from having sex. And, he violated the code, so he should have punishment for the violation. I believe BYU should make him pay them back for his scholarship or take it away from him now.

Of course BYU was right to enforce a rule that the rule-breaker knew he was breaking. If one cannot follow rules, they need to be suspended from whatever club;country;church;school in which they are a member. Rules are made by many long hours of debate.

They are not made "to be broken. " They are made to be followed until new rules are made. We are always trying to bend the rules.It is part of our nature, but that doesn't mean when we get caught that we should not be shunned/imprisoned/given a "time-out" or even spanked..

For sure njoy, equus, jada, ranger, sg........they are not special.....they sign a pledge, stick to it....i agree with y'all's answers......no special permission........ that's for sure.....a person's word and signature is not to be broken, no mater who they are.............somebody or nobody...... God bless dee.

Yes, and he was more honest than a large share of athletes who think they are above the "rules" or "law". He knew the rules when he accepted the scholarship and entered the program. Any person who doesn't understand this is lacking in concept of right versus wrong, not morality versus immorality.

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