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re: Meltdown time. Cam and Hootie special edition

Posted on 6/21/16 at 1:45 am to
Posted by randomways
North Carolina
Member since Aug 2013
12988 posts
Posted on 6/21/16 at 1:45 am to
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Violation of team rules, or failing drug test < being found in a car in a closed park at night with a STOLEN handgun and a little weed.

Not even close.

Edit: and the first two were removed from the team for those lesser offenses.

So yeah, I can say at this point if Bama plays those guys, their fans can't criticize other teams who cover up their players' actions.


We're debating in circles now. I've already offered my take on the legal aspects of the issue, and you've already established you consider the issue more serious than the legal outcome suggests. The drugs issue would be a wash. You have weed, you tested positive for weed, there's no substantive difference, just a semantic one. And our interpretation of holding someone accountable for crime that hasn't been established as actually being committed by said someone is apparently going to be forever at loggerheads because of our perspective differences.

For these reasons, I think we should just end it here, but I do appreciate that we were able to have an intellectual debate civilly. There are days when I'm not sure the Rant has ever done anything civilly besides try to relive the glory days of fightin' those damned blues up north.
Posted by SeekGreatness
Member since Nov 2015
3489 posts
Posted on 6/21/16 at 1:49 am to
Ha ok...well I believe more can and should be done administratively than criminally and apparently you don't...I guess that's the big divide here.

It's almost like there's an assumption that if there isn't enough evidence to charge criminally, or for whatever reason the person isn't charged criminally, or if they are found not guilty, they should automatically be allowed to play. I believe that sets a dangerous precedent.

Edit: criminal charges are about taking away rights. Getting to play NCAA is a privilege and is not a guaranteed right. The standard should be higher to get to play than just "not getting criminally convicted." After all, isn't that the case with Ole Miss and Tunsil? It certainly was the case with RP being processed for "violating team rules."
This post was edited on 6/21/16 at 1:57 am
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