You have a point on some level I guess. I've considered, what would I do if the U said, 'the hell with it, let's win at all costs' and hired say, Sleazeball John Calipari? You'd obviously have no problem with it, and I guess that's a valid opinion. I'd have a huge problem with it. So much so, I don't think I could root for the Gophers so long as he was the coach, even though I have since I was 8 years old.
One can argue that Clem was no better, and maybe he wasn't. But at least we didn't condone what he was doing and when made aware of it, swiftly escorted him out of town and accepted the punishment.
Your point about pro sports is somewhat valid, but I don't think fans completely cease to care about how players conduct themselves off the field. Obviously, the academic issues go away, and some of the issues such as what Bostic is alleged to have done, are pretty minor and I don't really care if Percy Harvin has done the same thing, unless he's dumb enough to get caught. But did I care about the Love Boat Incident? Yes, it was ebarassing to the entire state. And would I care if Brett Favre got arrested for shoplifting and assualting a guard at the Mall of America? Yes.
The Vikings in fact have always had thier off-field issues and it does marr thier sucess to some degree. Meanwhile, you almost never hear about any member of the Twins organization getting in any trouble whatsoever. So while they may be cheap, I respect the way they run thier organization a lot more then what has gone on at Winter Park over the years. One thing you have to give Childress credit for is that such incidents have markedly decreased on his watch.
