One man’s response to Jayson Jacoby’s column from July 7:

What exactly should OSU have done?

When should they have done it?

In what manner should it have been done?

Why shouldn’t these in-depth background checks apply to all students?

Only scholarship students? Would that include students on journalism scholarships?

Only athletes? A substitute lineman at Western Oregon? How about members of a national champion track team? Did your “well-researched” article check all those kids’ backgrounds?

Or are you suggesting only “high profile” athletes? Who would qualify as “high profile”? Would a student who has his or her name in your sports page five times make the cut or would four do it?

What offences should be included for public scrutiny?

Should there be a statute of limitations?

Would a kid who offended at 13 be fair game and a 12-year-old be safe.

You mentioned being personally insulted by Pat Casey’s comments! I am personally insulted at your sarcastic cheap-shot at one of the most respected coaches in America, in any sport.

Rather than tell us what is a breach of “public trust,” why don’t you spearhead a group of stakeholders with the charge of developing a uniform set of guidelines for all public universities? Put in place a policy that would be completely transparent, fair, consistent, constitutional and realistic.

You have shared with your readers any number of times your intense loyalty to the U of O. That is great in itself, however your condemnation of their biggest rival does not fully pass the smell test of impartiality.

Did you personally research any of the information passed on by the writer of the “well-researched” article you keep referring to? Or did you just accept all of it as fact? Is it all possible that any part of your information is incomplete, misleading, or taken out of context?

I am not at all minimizing the seriousness of this young man’s actions. I also agree completely that we should all be concerned with the well-being of his victim. However, your suggestion that his consequences are minimal is naïve. Any registered sex offender has significant life-long challenges in front of them. His ability to live anything like what we would identify as a normal life is gone. I believe that was his coaches’ question as to when is enough-enough?

I usually enjoy your columns, Jayson, but this one is poorly thought out, incomplete and inappropriate.

Mike Durgan lives in Baker City.