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Clemson's treatment of Ray Ray McElrathbey is simply wrong

By Jemele Hill
Page 2

Friday, March 14, 2008

What happened to Ray Ray McElrathbey wasn't a travesty as much as it was reality. In case the name doesn't sound familiar, McElrathbey is the Clemson running back whose triumphant story struck such a chord he was named an ABC News Person of the Week. Or rather, he was a college football player, until Clemson coach Tommy Bowden recently made the controversial decision not to renew McElrathbey's scholarship. Scholarships for college athletes are revoked all the time. But this particular rip was ...

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