[Husker] Another One

[Sean McGrath]

I believe the biggest factor in the past twenty some odd years has been
the presence of Gary Lacey as Lincoln's city prosecutor. Whether right
or not he has taken a great zeal in prosecuting Husker players
especially football players. In fact, he seems to make sure that the
press knows about the arrest especially if it's a big name player. Since
then, the odds of the police looking the other way has dropped greatly.
In most cases it's the police being hard asses but some of the time it's
the players fault for not cooperating. Just my $.2 worth!

Sean

-----Original Message-----
From: husker-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf
Of Bob Beach
Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 5:30 PM
To: husker at tssi.com
Subject: Fwd: Re: Re: [Husker] Another One



On 3/19/2005 at 2:48 PM Dick Karre <dkarre at comcast.net> wrote:

>>I can assure you this sort of thing (and worse) was at least as
>>prevalent
>>"back in the day," but it never got reported.





     One thing we need to do is define "this sort of thing."  I
understand kids will be kids and have always been kids and always will
be kids.  When I was in college (late 60's-early 70's) there were wild
parties, chasing women, out till the wee hours of the morning, drinking
(the legal drinking age was 19 at that time), and the like.  That is
just college kids.  What I am talking about is doing things that come to
involve police on the scene which result in charges being filed which
have to be resolved in the court system (something more than disturbing
the peace).  Prior to about fifteen years ago there had to be one of
three reasons, or all three, we didn't hear about it.  The three reasons
would be the players watched themselves better, the police looked the
other way more than they do now (especially if it was a football
player), or the media just flat didn't report it.  I would believe the
first two more could be possible  than the last one.  The media never
has been !
 known to take a good story and suppress it.  


     I understand the thought about there are more news vehicles today
such as the Internet, increased news and sports channels and the like.
But all that does is make news to travel farther and wider and faster
and news coverage intensifies.  It means if something happens with an NU
player it makes it more likely someone in say San Diego would get ahold
of the item.  All these modern items of news media haven't changed the
reporting of local news that much other than stations are more modern
and have improved technology.  I have lived in Lincoln, Nebraska for 55
years.  For at least 40 of those years University of Nebraska Football
has been the main story in the Lincoln Journal, the Lincoln Star,  and
now the Lincoln Journal-Star as well as KOLN-KGIN-TV and now KLKN-TV and
all the local radio stations.  If Bob Devaney sneezed in 1969 you knew
it if you read those newspapers or could get those radio and TV
stations.  Not only did you know he sneezed you knew which direction!
  he was facing, how his face looked as he sneezed, and etc.  I would
have to believe if a member of the NU football team had broken the law
and been cited you would have heard it or read it somewhere in the a
fore mentioned news vehicles.  There is a possibility it may not have
been reported to the extent it is today but it would have been reported.
I know the Johnny Rodgers story was big time headlines and if I remember
right that was somewhere in the late 60,s.   













         
Bob Beach
Man is never too old to learn.  Man only becomes too old when the
process of learning stops.



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