Isn't this what college is supposed to include?

SPORTING GOODS

I'm sorry, but this makes no sense to me:

Virginia quarterback Peter Lalich was dismissed from the team after admitting in court on Thursday that he violated terms of his drinking-related probation by consuming alcohol.

The dismissal, announced in a statement issued by the school, came on the same day that Lalich, 20, told a judge in Charlottesville General District Court that he had consumed alcohol while on probation following his arrest over the summer for underage drinking.

"We have supported Peter, but believe today a point has been reached where it's best for all concerned that he no longer participate on the team," athletic director Craig Littlepage said in announcing the dismissal. "This is my decision and it has the support of head football coach Al Groh. We wish Peter the best in the future. We will have no further comment."

That UVA has terminated a twenty-year-old's Division I NCAA football career because he happened to have a few beers is absolutely insane. For the university's AD to draw such a condescending and puritanical line in the sand ("best for all concerned," my ankle) shows yet again just how ridiculous Boomers have become in proscribing behaviors they themselves participated in.

I'm very sorry for Mr. Lalich, and I'm embarrassed for the university that the famously open-minded Thomas Jefferson founded.