And that's only fair. Perks abound for college athletes. Access to summer jobs and post-graduate opportunities. Travel foreign to the average American. With such benefits come responsibility.
College athletes have to be straight arrows.
Simmons declines to comment on individual situations. But he has said that he considers a player's upbringing. If he errs in judgment, he errs on the side of the player. However, once they get here, they have to understand it's not just them that's impacted by what they choose to do. It impacts everyone in the program.