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...seems like men’s college lacrosse is synonymous with the infamous Duke rape case, and any and all headlines devoted to the sport somehow center around that fateful night last March when who-knows-what happened...
Because, you see, there is a distinction to be made between the greater world of college lacrosse and a single isolated incident that happened on a single isolated campus involving three single, isolated young men. Let’s be real, though: college lacrosse on the whole and the Duke lacrosse scandal aren’t mutually exclusive...
...which came first, and we also know which will have a lasting impact. Duke’s lacrosse program—the team, the games, and the sport itself—will still be around long after Mike Krzyzewski retains his rightful place as the most important person in Duke athletics. This case, I’m happy to say, will...
This is why we shouldn’t fret when we hear that Reade Seligmann, one of the former Blue Devil players still facing charges for sexual offense and kidnapping, could possibly make his way to Harvard. Duke was and still is one of the premiere programs in the nation, and Seligmann was good, so what’s the beef? He’s not a convicted criminal, the case itself is ripe with corruption, and there are no suspicions of any NCAA impropriety...
Let’s remember that there is a great sport underneath the exterior layer of the Duke scandal that most people don’t get to see. Let’s remember why it’s such a big story in the first place: because they were lacrosse players...