I actually support giving it back… my hockey jersey was stolen by Hope guys, and burned/ripped/masturbated on (who know with those morons) and put on display at their natatorium. A couple recruits actually saw it, and were not impressed.
Honestly, it (giving it back) is just a very classy thing to do — and something they would not do in a million years.
And I would have a swimmer return it – so it does not look like a swimmer stole it and Kathy forced them to give it up.
Though that is not to say you do not build a Hope swimmer effigy and burn it after practice every single damn day.