Fairness and common sense and American jurisprudence dictate that if a member of a varsity team, or even several members, misbehaved, they should be dealt with individually. Quite simply, neither football nor any other athletic team should be suspended as a group if they have done nothing wrong.
By that same logic, FSU’s fraternity and sororities should never have been suspended. Due to this now three-month suspension, considerable emotional, organizational and financial damage has been done to organizations that did nothing wrong.
If one member of any group makes a mistake, punish that one member. If you want to change culture, change it by educating people and challenging them and rewarding improvement. Mandating behavior does not guarantee it, just like banning substances does not force them to disappear.
Holding people and organizations accountable is perfectly appropriate, but nobody should be accountable for the sins of their brothers or sisters, forgive the pun. The same logic should apply to all other students, all other student organizations recognized by FSU. Greeks, the band, athletes, Young Democrats/Republicans, Libertarian Students, the Black Student Union, Hillel, etc. should all be treated identically.
