BYU Athlete Expelled for Sleeping in Church

[dosdog]

BYU Athlete Expelled for Sleeping in Church
Provo – Only days after kicking baseball player Kent Walton out of school for sporadic church attendance, BYU’s athletic department has suffered another church related loss.

Stake President James Kearl
"We are doing these young men a favor by kicking them out of school in the middle of the semester and essentially derailing their academic and athletic careers,”
utefans.net/message.php?id=564326

Bob Beamon
In 1968, Beamon began to prepare for the Olympics in Mexico City. Beamon did not have a trainer, however, because he was suspended from UTEP for not participating in an event.

The said event was against Brigham Young University, a Mormon school. BYU had strict racial policies that were of no secret, and Beamon refused to participate against a school with these policies still in order.

At the Olympics in ’68, Beamon broke the world record in the long jump, becoming the first person to jump longer than 28 feet. Beamon’s mark was 29 feet, 4 ½ inches
wvu.edu/~physed/blacksports/fall2002/bobbeamon.htm

 

[ibkc]

dosdog,
I’m pretty sure the “sleeping in church” article is a parody.

 

[dosdog]

dosdog,
I’m pretty sure the “sleeping in church” article is a parody.

I am sure it is but Walton did get suspended for missing too much church

DD

 

[PaulDupre]

Definitely a parody, though a good one.

BTW, Dormir means “to sleep” in French.

 

[SedesDomi]

I’ve heard of “resting in the Lord”, but this is ridiculous.

 

[Joe_Kelley]

WWJD

And he came to the disciples and found them sleeping; and he said to Peter, “So, could you not watch * with me one hour? 41* Watch * and pray that you may not enter into temptation; the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” 42* Again, for the second time, he went away and prayed, “My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, thy will be done.” 43 And again he came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy. 44 So, leaving them again, he went away and prayed for the third time, saying the same words. 45* Then he came to the disciples and said to them, "Are you still sleeping and taking your rest?