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[QUOTE="OttoinGrotto, post: 5453361, member: 297"]
As a BYU alum, there are parts of BYU's Honor Code I disagree with, but the University takes Honor Code violations seriously in part because all students are very clear on the commitments they make when they agree to the Honor Code.

Is it very atypical of what many consider to be the college experience? Absolutely. But it is a University backed by a religion and for many things in the Honor Code it's consistent with things asked of the general church's membership's conduct.

Certainly, BYU gets accused of preferential treatment of athletes at times, but they also have a history of enforcing the Honor Code when it's not convenient (see Brandon Davies during Jimmer's big year in hoops). With a case like this, there's no way they were going to look the other way. Regardless of whether Ratzlaff is guilty of what he was accused of, he knew by coming to BYU what the Honor Code was and meant for his time there, and he admitted to not keeping his commitments.

Last thought on BYU's Honor Code - in some cases it's actually a recruiting tool. For athletes the pitch is that you can be in an environment that is 100% dedicated to your positive development as a player and student. It can be attractive to a person with a certain type of focus.
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