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Baylor shouldn't be celebrated for the hypocritical, easy move of firing Art Briles

Art Briles did his job, and firing him for doing so at this juncture is the most hypocritical, disingenuous play by Baylor to date. Which is saying a lot.

The school's leaders already had established themselves as the worldwide Baptist leaders in disingenuous hypocrisy long before Thursday’s somewhat stunning announcement that they had fired their football coach.

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This is not to say firing Briles was wrong.

Just late. And for all the wrong reasons.