There are certainly more important issues. Do you think they should be covered to the exclusion of everything else?
This likely wouldn't be news except that the story of Witt sacrificing his chance for a Rhodes Scholarship for his teammates was a national story. Yale's coach had to resign as a part of the story. Witt received praise from columnists for his self-sacrifice for his team (a lot of the new articles and columns used the trite "there is no 'i' in team" saying). He was interviewed on several TV shows about it. Others questioned why the Harvard-Yale game (known as The Game since, well, forever) or any collegiate athletics were that important.
Now it turns out the kid lied and the media bought it. And somebody with connections got the story out to the press. And Yale knew the story was false but did nothing. And Yale did nothing with the Rhodes Trust to alert them of the sexual assault allegation. Should that matter?
Rhodes Scholars are chosen not only for their outstanding scholarly achievements, but for their character, commitment to others and to the common good, and for their potential for leadership in whatever domains their careers may lead.
And we find out that Yale doesn't care if its nominee have arrest records - if it happened off campus, Yale doesn't count it toward character.
I'm sorry you don't think the story's important enough for a newspaper to print. Is it that you think they should be investigating Obama (and on that point I agree), or that you just don't think articles like this belong in the public knowledge?
If the story was important, why didnt anyone investigate it before the game? Im sure Rhodes makes public who is up for the scholarship. But ESPN and other sources needed a good story, so they didnt investigate. And now they get to act sanctimonious about it.