From Suburban Messiah:
Since I haven't posted much on the Quail lately, I feel some duty to keep everyone up on my latest Religion & Politics post, a topic I heavily covered here last semester.
With Obama and Huckabee winning the Iowa caucus a couple weeks ago, there was wide speculation — before they both lost on Tuesday in New Hampshire — about their effects on the evangelical vote if they were to be nominated for the general election. However, then they both lost in New Hampshire.
In addition, I reiterated the importance of the Catholic vote. I also found an interesting article the amount of money being donated to candidates by clergy members; surprisingly, the Democrats, specifically Obama, lead the pack.
Enjoy the article, and let me know what you think here or on the site!
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Religion & Election Update!
Files "mysteriously disappear" from Rich Rodriguez' office
The already messy divorce between Rich Rodriguez and the University of West Virginia football program seems to have hit another snag: nearly all of the files from Rodriguez' tenure as head football coach are missing. 
The way this headline on ESPN's Bottom Line read seemed like Rodriguez destroyed the files himself, and it certainly looks like he has (or at least someone who worked for him). However, the article leaves things up in the air; I'm sure they'll keep us posted on further developments.
Regardless of what comes out, there are a couple possible reasons it happened. A justifiable reason would be that Rodriguez has a very specific system, and it's plausible that he wanted no one to be able to steal any of his secrets. Yet, I wonder if there's that much information available in all of the player information missing — like "contact information, scholarship money awarded, class attendance records and personal conduct records. At first glance, it seems like a cover-up for NCAA violations.
However, ESPN does report that Rodriguez' camp suggests not everything is missing, and as the details unfold we'll be able to speculate better.
At best, though, I think Rodriguez looks crazy, guilty of violating NCAA regulations or not, if it turns out he was responsible for destroying the files. By doing so implies guilt, justified reason or not. If he wasn't guilty, then why do it?
