The Globe - Wrestling had been Paul Donahoe's life since he was 6 years old and pinned his first opponent in a mere six seconds. In high school, he was chosen Mr. Wrestler for the state of Michigan in 2004. In college, he was a two-time All-American and a national champion at the University of Nebraska. And then, in less time than it took him to pin an opponent, his life was tangled up in blue. Donahoe and teammate KennyJordan were dismissed from the Nebraska wrestling team last Aug. 12 after a campus blog posted pictures of them taken from a website that features photos and videos of naked male athletes for a gay audience. Nebraska, citing NCAA rules that prohibit the use of an athlete's image for commercial gain, also accused Donahoe of additional violations... "I didn't do anything illegal," he says. "I didn't hurt anyone. I don't think I did anything wrong. Who should I apologize to?"

I agree with virtually everyone that NCAA rules are complicated, confusing and sometimes downright contradictory. But Donohoe can quit the martyr act here. Rules arerules, even the often byzantine rules of the NCAA. If he wants to wrestle, fine. If he wants to get his picture taken rubbing his junk for a gay porn site, more power to him. But you can't do both. What his orientation is or how he chooses to get his jollies doesn't concern me in the least. This is about money. If some Tar Heels fan owns a car dealership, he can't hire Tyler Hansborough to appear in his ads because that would just be a phoney way to pay him to play. So by the same token, Donohoe and Jordan can't take money to bone each other on a gay porn site because how do we know the guy running the site isn't just some Nebraska fan interested in paying them to wrestle? For all we know, the owner of the site isn't the least bit interested in the art of man-on-man adult films, he's just a booster giving them cash through the backdoor, if you'll pardon the pun. That he's more interested in Cornhuskers than Cornholing. Donohoe might not like the rules, but they've got to apply to everyone. Still I have to confess to being a little surprised by this story. Who would ever imagine wrestlers could be gay?