The suspended license and marijuana possession were screw-ups that were all his own, but the robbery charge and subsequent plea were by all accounts a wrong place, wrong time, where he chose to plead guilty instead of fighting and risking some serious time in prison. There was a very good article on ESPN.com about the case, and after reading a detailed account of what really happened it seems that Masoli's biggest mistake was being in the wrong place at the wrong time, and then denying that he was ever there to police (which I view as pretty forgivable, who hasn't been put into a bad situation, panicked, and said something they shouldn't have from time to time?).

He's made some mistakes, that's undeniable, but I just don't think that it's so open and shut that there shouldn't be at least some consideration about the circumstances of what happened.