I'm writing to express my disgust and outrage about some of the recent behaviors of Penn State football team members. First, let me preface my remarks by saying that I actually like football as a sport and have previously been supportive of Penn State football. My father played football in college as did my brother, who is currently a coach for the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Despite my interest in football and general enjoyment of the sport, I am appalled by the Penn State football team, and I'm not referring to their losing streak. As student athletes (who receive scholarships and other perks associated with playing sports at a Division I school) football players represent the university. Yet, each time I read about a football player being charged with sexual assault (Anwar Phillips), drunk driving (Tony Johnson), or public drunkenness and physical harassment of a woman (Thomas McHugh), I wonder what kind of leadership and direction the coaching staff is providing. Perhaps in previous decades such behavior was tolerated, and even acceptable as "boys will be boys." Yet, we know that Penn State has a student code of conduct, which these players have clearly violated. I'm not clear why such inappropriate behavior is considered normative. It seems to me that the Penn State football team's biggest problem is not that they're losing games.