Last Saturday, a major catastrophe took place at a social event. The individuals involved in this matter are members of the SIUC football team. It obviously didn’t involve the whole team, but this behavior reflects on the entire group. These boys are supposed to be representatives of the University, athletic department and football team itself. This weekend proved to a lot of people that we are in need of some new representatives. No one with that type of mentality should be allowed to represent anyone.

This is not the first time that a problem with the Saluki football players has taken place. It seems like every time they decide to come out to a social event that things begin to go wrong. It is always the same group of individuals that stir up trouble each time.

At this particular event I too had a confrontation with one of the football players. A bottle had been broken and I was trying to clean up the mess. As I was sweeping up the broken glass, one player stepped right in it. I told him that he could have walked around the glass, but he thought otherwise. He began to say some things to me that were very disrespectful. He not only disrespected me, he also disrespected the person who raised him.

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I want to say thank you to the individuals who took part in this quarrel Saturday night for the embarrassment you have caused this University. There were a number of people visiting from other universities this weekend and you gave them something negative to talk about from SIUC.

Here are some words of advice. If you try using some of the aggression you displayed on Saturday out on the football field, then maybe your team could have a winning season.