Bostonist: Flagrant Foul: Update on BC Eagle Bar Brawl Incident

aging cynic

Sat, 29 Dec 2007 17:23:07 -0500

Debaters would have been at Doyle's instead of TGB and would have talked their way out of any conflict. BC is actually better at debate than football, perhaps because debate at BC predates football by 25 years.(In a preview of things to come, BC choked in their first intercollegiate game, a 6-0 loss to MIT in 1893).

MJG

Fri, 28 Dec 2007 21:07:24 -0500

Well, as BC just escaped Orlando with a ho-hum 24-21 win over Michigan St. at the Champs Sports Bowl, we might get to see them apply their knowledge this weekend. We all hope that Cherilus and Tribble can now party and stay classy all at once. I'm defining ''classy'' as not breaking anyone's neck. I'll say this, though. The BC kids got off easier than a nobody would have. Their limited notoriety and significant earning potential help their case. A pair of debate team members would be in more trouble.

aging cynic

Fri, 28 Dec 2007 14:35:48 -0500

Boike had a history of violence. Ironically, the players didn't. Not the first time jocks didn't avoid the "occasion of sin" but these guys were drinking legally. A working cop who owns a place with a liquor license is trouble looking for a place to happen. Conflicts of interest are inevitable. That said, the players should have done a better job of extricating themselves when Maney's mouth apparently wrote a check his body couldn't cash. Absent impending NFL riches,this would have gone away, from what I understand. Let's hope this was a teachable moment for all involved.