Winning does not justify everything. The way we treat these athletes in high school and college only sets apart these super humans who were born with physical abilities. They are not better people, and they are not above the law of the land, or moral law. Knight is wrong because he established the norm to those he coached and others that tempers can go unchecked as long as you are winning. Knight is wrong because he and his kind have made athletes more important than they really are.
Athletes are only entertainers.
Nothing more, nothing less. Entertainment has its place in society, and it should never, ever be more important than teachers, or Mother Theresa, or healers. We have to put things into perspective here. Bob Knight is a coach. He coaches basketball players.