re: More players leaving

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I understand it but when we are talking about players getting "chances" the rhetoric seems to indicate the second chance as the starting point and not the signing of scholarship papers as a players "first chance."

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This was the third time Duke screwed up. That implies he was given three separate opportunities to abide by the rules and he failed each time.

If you want to say it followed his '2nd chance', then that's fine.

But if you remember the old adage, "Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me", how many times would you say Duke made a fool of Gustav for trusting him?

I still count three.

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I understand it but when we are talking about players getting "chances" the rhetoric seems to indicate the second chance as the starting point and not the signing of scholarship papers as a players "first chance."

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dude, really?

first INCIDENT led to him being suspended for the bowl game
second INCIDENT was in fall camp and he was suspended during fall practice for a bit
third INCIDENT was saturday and he got booted.

So his 3rd "INCIDENT" was his 3rd strike.