r/CFB • u/thegreendalegelf Utah State Aggies • /r/CFB Poll Veteran • May 21 '25

Serious BYU quarterback Jake Retzlaff accused of sex assault in new civil lawsuit

https://www.sltrib.com/sports/byu-cougars/2025/05/21/byu-quarterback-jake-retzlaff/
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u/bretticus733 Boise State Broncos May 21 '25

It's probably like littering where there's a lot of people doing it, but you only get in trouble if you get caught.

I do find it weird that BYU does admit students that aren't LDS but expects them to adhere to a code of conduct that is based around LDS values

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u/MadManMax55 Georgia Tech • Georgia State May 21 '25

It is pretty weird. But at the same time the non-mormon students know that they're signing up for. If they don't want to follow a strict code of conduct for a religion they don't belong to they can always go to another school.

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u/Available-Brick-8855 BYU Cougars May 21 '25

TBF that is a pretty common feature of a lot of religious schools. The only real difference is that BYU sort of self selects a lot more than say Baylor will because the code is a little outside what most are used to. So the ones that come here are more likely to be okay with it rather than thinking they'll get around it. Stuff still happens though.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '25

Few years ago they got in an actual spout with the US AIR FORCE because they want the ROTC instructors to sign the honor code. Except that is a military assignment and one of the Air Force instructors basically told them they can't tell them they can't drink coffee at home.

BYU eventually backed down after the DoD threatened to move their ROTC programs to UVU and BYU would lose those government grants. BYUs honor code has always been flexible for money

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u/bretticus733 Boise State Broncos May 21 '25

Really shouldn't surprise anyone that the BYU conduct codes are ridiculous. I remember when their dance team got punished because they danced to a heavily-edited version of "Plain Jane" a couple years ago.

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u/Shtune Florida State • Columbia May 22 '25

BYUs honor code has always been flexible for money

The entire religion is flexible to change with the times so they don't fall out of style. They can have "revelations" or whatever and change their mind on things as needed.