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BYU AD Tom Holmoe says what Loyal Cougars readers already know

Issue 7: WCC and autonomy

“(The WCC) will allow us to do what we have to do for our football program and we talk with them all the time on the Olympic sports. Autonomy doesn’t have to be necessarily league-to-league; it can be school to school within a league. And that’s how generally it is. Some of these conferences have come up with conference rules regarding what they’re going to do … We have run across no issues in the WCC that affect BYU in a negative way. It’s been a very collaborative effort.”

This is an issue we have been writing about, but this was some fascinating new information. The ideas that autonomy can even mean different rules for different schools and that the WCC is generally agreeable should both be very encouraging for BYU fans.

 

Issue 8: The Honor Code

Finally, when Tom Holmoe was asked about the new reporting policy of Honor Code infractions he said, “I am [happy] with how that is working. We worked to put that in place to protect our student’s privacy. I think it is ironic that we have had a couple kids come through on their own and announce their own suspensions, and now everybody wants us to say [reasons], and that is not going to happen.”

It seems understandable that the administration is happy with the new Honor Code policy. What happened before was BYU would confirm that an Honor Code violation had taken place and then local media would seek out sources to confirm the details of what happened. We didn’t like the old way. Honestly, nobody seemed to like it since the same media entities that reported details were also editorializing about how the policy was harmful.

Now, without an official confirmation, media is kind of left in the dark unless the students decide to talk about the issues themselves. And if your only source about a player’s violation is the student himself, why go to anonymous sources for information beyond what they are willing to share about their own personal actions?

Unfortunately, the new policy has also left fans in the dark without knowing the details of every suspension, but on the whole it seems like a much, much better approach.

 

That was the end of the press conference. As for Loyal Cougars, we’ve been online for one year now, and just recently crossed 1,000,000 page views. So, it seemed like a nice chance to give a brief review.

Honestly, there are a lot of BYU blogs out there. If this were a cheesy local news promotion, this is where it would say, “When you need news, turn to the experts you can trust. And if there are no experts around, you can always turn to Loyal Cougars, too.”

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2 Comments

  1. Wes

    August 25, 2014 at 11:57 am

    Thanks Greg, loved what you had to say here!

    • Taylor

      August 26, 2014 at 4:39 pm

      Greg, liked your article. In your about Greg Welch section it looks like you might have an extra “in” where it says “… After growing “in” up in Provo…”