Tip of the Week

Bree McMahon is the college soccer player who lost one leg and almost another in a freak accident at a fundraising event in high school.  Despite her injury, Brevard College decided to honor her scholarship, assuming she’d never play.  Bree has astounded everyone with her work ethic and is now playing goalie on the college…

Members of the Ole Miss football team disrupted a play this past week by laughing at the actors and cat-calling inappropriate remarks and slurs as the play went on.  The play, entitled The Laramie Project, deals with the story of a gay man, Matthew Shephard, who was murdered in Wyoming.  Many people around the country…

Matt Labrum, the head football coach at Union High in Roosevelt, Utah, suspended the whole team.  He did it because of the lack of discipline on the field, the poor behavior by his players off the field and in the classroom, and the failure of leadership expected of his captains.  The players are in the…

France is in the headlines because the Senate there passed a bill forbidding beauty pageants for girls under 16.   Does the Code have anything to say about this?  What is this issue all about?  “We are talking about children who are only being judged on their appearance, and that is totally contrary to the development…

Most football fans are eagerly awaiting the Alabama-Texas A&M game.  Every year there are “big” games in every sport.  What does the Code say about these big games?  The Code, of course, does not address this topic directly, but many of the tenets address the context in which we either play or watch these games. …

Diana Nyad swam from Cuba to Florida this past week, as everyone knows!  At age 64, it is amazing that she achieved something that no one has ever been able to do.  It is even more amazing that this is a goal she had set for herself over 35 years ago.  What does the Code…

Miley Cyrus created a stir by her act at the MTV awards.  She dressed and danced in a way that was sexually suggestive.  What does the Code say, and what do you think about her performance?  The Code says, “I will display caring and honorable behavior… and will be a positive role model…”  There have…

Miley Cyrus created a stir by her act at the MTV awards.  She dressed and danced in a way that was sexually suggestive.  What does the Code say, and what do you think about her performance?  The Code says, “I will display caring and honorable behavior… and will be a positive role model…”  There have…

Alex Rodriguez was beaned by the Boston Red Sox pitcher Sunday night.  The pitcher said it was unintentional; no one believed him.  We do not know if it was intentional or not, but what we do know is the reaction of those who saw it.  Some thought it was deserved, to show him of the…

Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel has been accused of signing autographs for money, a violation of NCAA rules.  We do not know the truth of the story, and hope that he has not violated the rules.  It’s also true that many people consider the NCAA’s rules to be hypocritical, since, for example, it sells his…