It seems coaching arrogance and athlete pampering extends well beyond the professional and Division I level.Lance Leipold, coach at Division III Wisconsin-Whitewater, unloaded on some reporters from the student newspaper and barred them from covering the Warhawks. Now that his expletive-filled response is behind him, it appears Leipold is ready to apologize.
The Warhawks are talented and routinely compete at the highest levels of D3. But this is just laughable. If you have ever watched ESPN cover a D3 championship game all Pam Ward can talk about is how these athletes are students first. No scholarships mean the players are there for academics first.
Don't believe it.
The Leipold's of the world are all the proof you need. They take their teams more seriously than any D1 coach and they follow fewer rules and regulations.
A school spokesman says Leipold will be publicly reprimanded and the school chancellor will decide on any additional sanctions. He's led the program to back-to-back championship games, including one exciting win over Mount Union. I think his job is pretty safe.
He has since apologized for his salty language and overall ignorance.
This whole thing started because of an editorial in the Royal Purple that talked about a campus incident that involved a police officer being called to a weight room after three football players refused to show student identification to lift some weights. The editorial had a headline that read "Spoiled athletes need reality check."
This is true. Even at Division III.
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One of my biggest pet peeves. Kids are kids. Football players are football players. give it a rest with the sanctity of Division III.
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