In case you missed it this weekend, ESPN's acclaimed Outside the Lines reported on the state of college athletes and criminal behavior. In a report that began last fall, OTL requested all police reports involving football and men's basketball players from campus and city police departments surrounding 10 schools. They found that high-profile college athletes not only receive preferential treatment but sincerely benefit from a "confluence of factors that can be reality at major sports programs."
Direct from the OTL article on ESPN.com, they found the following factors:
-Near-immediate access to high-profile attorneys.