When the news broke yesterday about Jeffery Simmons being admitted to Mississippi State with a simple one game suspension against South Alabama, I was very disappointed. If you read my piece when we first heard about the incident, that probably comes as no surprise to you.
I was disappointed because the university I love was repeatedly dragged through the mud, and I couldn’t say one thing in its defense. Because admitting Jeffery Simmons to play football, receive a free education, and receive only a slap on the wrist with a one game suspension against a team the Bulldogs should win with or without him is emblematic of the dirty truth about college athletics.