ESPN\u2019s story can be found here.<\/a><\/p>\nI can hear the voices of ridicule already. Yes, I am aware of how archaic and antiquated such an honor code is. Yes, I am aware that the young man is, well, a young man. Oh, yes, we very well know what the world thinks of us Mormons.<\/p>\n
There are coaches around the country shaking their heads wondering why the Cougars would blow such a stellar season. There are men and women, college and high school students, people from all walks of life, who are completely bewildered at what just went on here.<\/p>\n
Somewhere in America is Brandon Davies\u2019 future employer. That person is at this moment trying to find a way to recruit him. There should be a thousand bosses reading that ESPN article and hoping to find twenty employees of such high caliber throughout their careers.<\/p>\n
The sports pundits are saying that the Cougars had a shot at glory and blew it.
\nThe Cougars had a shot to take a stand for integrity, and they took it.<\/p>\n
Bravo!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It is a rare thing for me to have an opinion on a sports-related topic. This topic, however, is much less sports-related and much more values-related. I am referring to the dismissal of Brandon Davies from the BYU Cougars for violations of the school’s honor code. ESPN\u2019s story can be found here. I can hear…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[1112,1139,1148,1149,1175,391,1179,1202,1232,499,1261,1304,1326,1344,1408,1507,1548,1594],"class_list":["post-1393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bold-and-better","tag-archaic","tag-brandon-davies","tag-byu","tag-caliber","tag-coach","tag-code","tag-college","tag-cougars","tag-dismissal","tag-employer","tag-espn","tag-glory","tag-honor","tag-integrity","tag-mormon","tag-ridicule","tag-sports","tag-values"],"yoast_head":"\n
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