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Mormon university in Utah comes a black guy for dreaming the basketball team. Then disaster: it turns out that making love with his girlfriend and is ejected. The Story of a Puritan without exception
Brigham Young University is not only one of the most efficient machines education of America, with its 30 000 students who turned Provo, 50 miles from Salt Lake City, Utah, one of the best "college town" across the Atlantic. It 'also the institution that provides training for success of the Mormons, with a background of excellence inspired by a rigid puritanism Mormon. Brigham Young, for years, was also a "powerhouse" of university sport, overwhelming passion of the Americans, but then things have got to work less well: it has become increasingly difficult to convince the emerging talents, often young blacks in large cities, to submit to Code of Conduct provided for members at Brigham Young, samples or not. Then came Brandon Davies, stangone a black born in those parts, that the university persuaded the elders to remain in force to the basketball team at BYU instead of accepting the attractive proposals of the colleges in California. Brandon is part, plays, the team starts to win and in a few months off. The flock of boys blond and Scandinavian surnames become the chorus of raids under the basket of the star black, and the sequence of victories of the Cougars, as they are called, it makes sense: it is a good year to see Brigham Young in the finals, decreed the experts.
A couple of days ago, the disaster. In the same time as BYU to climb to the top of the rankings this season's college basketball, Brandon Davies is accused by the leaders of the university that he had sex with his girlfriend, in contravention of Article 2 of the "code of honor that students of the institution - owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Days - undertake to obey live in chastity (the number 1 is "be honest", others advised to not drink, smoke, drink tea and coffee do not talk dirty, go to church, dress decently and in particular to observe that the other students s'attengano the Code - and here it must be scrubbed Brandon, denounced by some pious friend). The blogosphere and sports talk shows are mounted on the news: what the heck, the kid did nothing wrong, nothing that is not consumed millions of times every night in every college in America. Still is to humiliate him, making vain efforts of his companions, to disappoint the fans. Brandon, it soon became contrite: has run apologized, admitted the mistake, muttering as he was sorry and demand more waiting said that yes, next year, instead of going to earn the billions professionals, will remain at Brigham Young to return to the team what they have stolen his hormones (since the Cougars for the first time without him, remedying a Scoppola by Carneades of New Mexico). While some said it was time to launch a revolution in the name of chastity, not Mormon America insisted it will ruin a boy! There is too much hypocrisy in this decision, and taste of the scandal! Nah, I try to answer: the rules are the same for everyone. The standards of behavior expected of students of Brigham Young are high, admit exceptions would be irresponsible and destructive. This is not to decide whether it is right or wrong: is a commitment.
reach the national finals of the tournament university mean cover of gold of the institution. We live on pensions for years, including TV rights and visibility. But by the parties in Provo the ranking of priorities is different and this diversity is nurtured and defended convinced that lifestyle that distinguishes Mormons. For thousands of students each year trying to come to Brigham Young, the existence of this code of honor is an essential. It 's a binary existence. With Brandon being punished not celebrate the victory, but will taste the pride of living and studying according to their intentions. In the presence freedom of choice, hard to blame them.
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