The Importance of Being Earnest

[my miss storm cat]

My question deals with integrity.

I'm curious as to what you all think...

... NOT about the Eclipse Awards, not about Zenyatta, Blame and Goldikova, not about Life at Ten... only this.

However, the question remains: should individuals be excluded from consideration for the year-end honors if any of their activities in the past 12 months reflect poorly upon the sport -- in spite of otherwise award-worthy accomplishments for the season?

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/hor...ory?id=6015947

Thoughts?