re: E. Holyfield Arrested

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We're talking about a kid being pulled out of his dorm room in the middle of the night.

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Getting back to the main subject....do you know if there is a clear set of rules/expectations on a RA?
Was the RA out of line or doing their job?

I'm not getting back into the RA should have just ignored it. My question deals with...did the RA do what is expected of them, or sticking their nose where it didn't belong? The answer to that would clear a ton of stuff up.

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I understand but, it would seem as if most in here are for the legalization of it because it is victimless, or harmless, etc.

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Smoking weed in itself is victimless, just like drinking a beer. Hitting somebody with a car is not.

The RA is likely following protocol written by UGA's lawyers. UGA has to maintain the appearance of law enforcement no matter how silly it may be. The RA is still a dork who just permanently hurt Elijah Holyfield's reputation for no good reason.

The RA should have simply told Holyfield that the smell was noticeable and given him a warning.

Stealth cigarette one-hitters are available. You can buy 100 of them for $33. The whole team could spark up outside and pretend to be nicotine junkies.

Seriously tho, I think our players need to find comfort in the dark lord Satan. He will send them on the right path and keep them from doing all these drugs and whatnot.

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The RA is still a dork who just permanently hurt Elijah Holyfield's reputation for no good reason.

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EH hurt his reputation when he did something that would hurt it.

Your argument is like saying it is a girls fault for hurting her rapists reputation by having him arrested.

(NO! I am not comparing weed to rape. I am comparing how we blame people for our own faults sometimes)

If his reputation that is hurt, it is because he decided to smoke weed.
MY opinion, only. Had he not smoked his reputation would be intact. He started the chain of events, not the RA. (I also recognize that it could be argued that had the RA not reported it, it would be all good, too)

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The RA should have simply told Holyfield that the smell was noticeable and given him a warning.

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Probably would have been the best thing to do.

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Your argument is like saying it is a girls fault for hurting her rapists reputation by having him arrested.

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It's not like that at all actually. EH didn't do anything to the RA. Comparing a rape victim to a RA on the hall of a dude smoking is ludicrous.

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It's not like that at all actually. EH didn't do anything to the RA. Comparing a rape victim to a RA on the hall of a dude smoking is ludicrous.

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I knew my example was flawed.
However, my main point that I clearly failed to make was that it was Holyfield's actions that caused the problem.

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However, my main point that I clearly failed to make was that it was Holyfield's actions that caused the problem.

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Here's the thing. For a regular student, getting hauled to jail for a couple hours and paying a fine isn't the worst thing. It's a stupid law, but that's the cost of doing business with the law on the books.

For a football player at UGA, the little headache also comes with multiple articles in every sports section in GA and the southeast. For Elijah Holyfield, that also comes with a front page article on ESPN.com because of how famous his dad is. All of those stories will show up at or near the top of every "Elijah Holyfield" Google search for the rest of his life. That's one of the first things prospective employers will know about him.

Is that fair, or cruel and unusual punishment? Should the RA maybe exercise a little more tact than normal, knowing all that?

39% of people who get arrested for selling weed get raped in prison by murderers. There is a correlation....