A review by gemtea2000
Scoreboard, Baby: A Story of College Football, Crime, and Complicity by Ken Armstrong, Nick Perry

3.0

I was not surprised at the professional college athlete but I was amazed at how awful it is in our society that worships football (I'm a fan) and makes great players into gods immune to being responsible for vitually anything especially if the player is needed for an important game. Now when I hear things about players "thhey are investigating" I tend to believe they are guilty of some if not most of all the charges. If you are a woman, it's probably better not to go out with a star player unless you really know them. This book tells of Washington players who get away with anything. If police get solid evidence it's almost impossible to prosecute the case and really win. I mean what do you think would happen to most of us if we raped several women, shot a man in the stomach during a robbery, beat on people with weapons including kicking an innocent bystander who lives with permanent damage from the beating? If we're big football stars, many of the judges would, as one did in this book, give you several hours of community service. Eventually after at least a half dozen DUIs, one of which broke through a wall and then partially into the building which was a senior citizens home the police knew he would have to "face the music" but there was one more important game to play. I'm not even counting the hit and run which was proved. Here is a person running around loose who was a serious danger to himself and others. There a no real spoilers in this review. It must be read to see how insane the whole thing gets. Washington University happened to be the college focused on but obviously this happens in virtually all colleges where football reigns king. Excellent yet 3 stars since I felt sick after finishing this thing.