You only have to ask yourself this, Would the same attention be paid if the races were reversed? Yes, it was pretty ignorant to be chanting what they did, especially on video, but is it worth ruining their lives? What school will take then now? They will be lucky to get enrolled in an online correspondence course. As for job prospects, they better hope Daddy is hiring. Being labeled a racist is on par only with being labeled a pedophile in our society. What’s worse, the so called oppressed will point to this as exhibit A as proof that deep rooted racism is alive and well in the USA and is the only thing that is keeping minorities down.
These are rich kids from highly connected families. College for them is party time and socializing. They will be taken care of by their families.
The UK Daily Mail covered protestors going to the boys parents homes. One family appears moderately wealthy, with a $4.1M home, but the other's family is in a $650K home, which is just upper-middle class.
I don't think either family is wealthy or "connected" enough to deal with having a son whose notoriety will prevent them from being accepted at a college, or working for any big business. Ever.
What these guys are being put through is WAY out of proportion to their offense.