If the NCAA wants him out of the game for a year, then they should suspend him for a year. I'd be fine with that, no matter how you cut it, there is no denying that he has been charged with robbery on 2 separate occasions, and the traffic charge added in there should be more than enough for them to justify a suspension if need be. I just don't like the fact that they seem to be treating him differently because he's a big name.
And you have to wonder what it says about the college sports system, and its importance, when people don't even to consider for one second the possibility that maybe he actually wants to change majors in order to study something he might be able to use during the, let's see, thirty plus years of his working career which he'll spend doing something else than playing football.
I mean, there's really no denying that the transfer was just a way of getting to play this upcoming season and hoping to have a good year so he can get drafted. But...there's a very real chance that a guy like him gets into the NFL, makes a little money, and is out of pro football in a couple of years, and who knows, maybe Parks and Recreation is something that he's actually interested in. I doubt it, but anyone's doubts really shouldn't matter here, what should matter is that he fulfilled the requirements of the rule as it's written. If they really want to punish him, approve the transfer and suspend him for the season for his conduct.
The NCAA gets something right!
01/09/2010 04:57:20 PM
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Meh, I'm not sure it was the right call
01/09/2010 05:13:01 PM
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but in this case it was related to commiting a crime
01/09/2010 05:20:02 PM
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His crimes aren't really open and shut cases though...more the variety of wrong place wrong time
01/09/2010 05:31:21 PM
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Why not? That's how life works.
01/09/2010 07:13:20 PM
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The possession charge was a simple civil infraction
01/09/2010 08:40:54 PM
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I generally agree with Lady L ...
01/09/2010 08:12:45 PM
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I just really don't like the double standard
01/09/2010 08:46:31 PM
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I agree with you.
01/09/2010 09:23:25 PM
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and coincidently changes his mind RIGHT AFTER Oregon tells him he can't play?
01/09/2010 09:27:51 PM
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Yeah, our college sports are really messed up.
02/09/2010 09:01:50 AM
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I do have to agree with the blount situation you mentioned above ...
02/09/2010 03:39:37 AM
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it's good to see the rules work properly
01/09/2010 05:17:25 PM
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I actually never thought about ...
01/09/2010 07:33:49 PM
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most of the rules were created due to the actions of football or basketball players
01/09/2010 07:46:00 PM
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Decision appealed and reversed, by the way. Guess the NCAA doesn't agree with you after all. *NM*
04/09/2010 03:45:40 PM
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Nope, no it doesn't. *NM*
04/09/2010 09:04:49 PM
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Karma, baby!
05/09/2010 06:10:46 PM
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It wasn't really his fault though that his defense stunk it up. He did his part. *NM*
05/09/2010 07:30:42 PM
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