re: Rara Thomas arrested..it happens everywhere

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Note I am not beating up on the UGA program. When you have so many players you get bad people from time to time.

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It's the same with professional athletes, celebrities, etc.

While not all go down this road (probably most), the sense of entitlement gives one a sense of "I can get away with anything" and a disconnect from reality. Get enough people constantly telling you how awesome you are and kissing your arse and eventually you don't view people the same (not always, but the ever present danger is always there).

College athletes are new to this same thing that we've seen with child actors, musicians, etc. Hard to remember when looking at them that they're still basically kids - but kids who, throughout high school, were told how amazingly awesome they were and then in college.