But colleges and universities are soft targets for legislators; it doesn't take much moral courage for a Senator to beat up on a university that allows a predatory quarterback or arrogant frat boys to get away with horrible offenses against women.
That, paired with changes to the strike zone, and the addition of the designated hitter a few years later, after another horrible offensive season, helped create baseball's modern era of offense.
Except for brief moments here and there, Sprewell has been horrible on offense, shooting a woeful 31.2percentt from the floor.
Horrible on offense and almost as poor on defense, the Knicks accomplished the nearly unthinkable tonight at the United Center: they lost to the Chicago Bulls, 81-72.
But last night, when the Knicks were horrible on offense, awful on defense and soft underneath the backboard, the fans responded with anger, booing the Knicks on several occasions as they were routed by the Minnesota Timberwolves, 98-77.
In the audio links, the sheriff, Darren White, described it as a "horrible crime" for which the perpetrators needed to be "punished," but the Nodaway County attorney, Robert Rice, said "there was not a criminal offense to be prosecuted".
