Dear Editor: Sports editor Adam Mertz recently suggested the charges against Jack Ikegwuonu, the UW football player who was arrested in Illinois for burglary and criminal trespass, were “somewhat dubious or trumped up in nature.”
This goes along with UW Athletic Director Barry Alvarez stating that Ikegwuonu will play football this fall no matter what the court decides. That is a highly questionable example that is being set for the rest of the players and the reputation of the University of Wisconsin.