Maybe, but this is very bad for us sports fans and perhaps even us citizens. Why are we so willing to cynically accept that not even a modicum of loyalty should be part of the coach's job description? The young men of the University of Arkansas will be taught leadership by someone who through his actions makes no apology for putting himself above his followers even to their detriment. They will be "led" by someone for whom his football teams are simply a means to his ends (greater money, power and position). Yet, if Tuesday night's press conference announcing Petrino's hiring is any indication, there is nothing but glee in the Razorback Nation at the prospect of the Petrino era. And therein lies the problem.

We the fans are too willing to be the greater fool. Arkansas ignores the manner in which Petrino left Atlanta and simply celebrates his arrival in Fayetteville. The Falcons ignore the so-called commitment that Petrino made to Louisville and lures him to Atlanta. We the fans refuse to hold the decision makers who run our teams accountable for the character of the people hired to coach. We the fan base give these decision makers no incentive to do the right thing. In the process, we also leave ourselves no right to complain. We have enabled the bad behavior that we wish to condemn when "status climbing" coaches jilt one employer and one fan base for the next. Ultimately, much of this is our fault, but we can fix it. Empty seats and unspent dollars can solve a lot of problems.

Let's make sure that today's outrage becomes tomorrow's action. Let's make sure that there will not be another Arkansas, another Atlanta Falcons. Let's make sure that we have seen the last greater fool.