Looking Beyond the Jersey

Few things in memory have generated more scrutiny of Mormon life than the Brandon Davies situation, and the Mormon dad blogosphere was not immune. Gordon Smith may be a law professor at BYU who has taught courses at universities in Australia, China, England, Finland, France, Germany, and Hong Kong, but like pretty much every LDS man in this hemisphere, he has observed this situation unfold with interest.

(For those who may have been incommunicado for the past week or so, Brandon Davies is the BYU basketball player who was suspended for an honor code violation late in the season just as the team appeared to be a contender for a spot at the national title.)

But he boils down in five short paragraphs what it seems many others are feeling. Read his take on the Brandon Davies situation here.