Visited recently with my son for a football recruit visit day and was tremendously impressed with the college’s academic culture and the head coach. The tour, led by a player, was unsettling: he spent most of the tour telling (some) funny anecdotes about pranks and goofing around, told one story that hinted the team had entered a social space one night and booted everyone else out. I got a very bad vibe from it. Is the football team considered a problem area by other students? I want my kid hanging out with football players who are gentlemen and who ‘get it’ when it comes to race and gender. I don’t want him on a team with a mysogonist, bully culture. Can anyone at Bowdoin reassure me that this guy was not representative?
Wow, that would really turn me off if true too. It reads like the movie cliche of a sports culture school, not anything like Bowdoin’s reputation.
The football team, like any other team, has some standup guys and some dudes you might prefer your son to not hang out with. I only have experience with the Bowdoin football team, so its hard to compare to other schools, but they can definitely be a bit overly-testosterony at times. but what football team isn’t? this post hasn’t really said anything, other than on a team with that many players, you’re gonna get a mix of good and bad apples. for a good example check out seamus power, a standup dude, who wrote this article: