He was never tried for sexual battery, so not aquitted in the legal sense. In fact i believe the original accuser dropped charges.Now if he had been say, accused, tried, convicted and fined for sexual abuse, and admitted doing it, maybe id think differently of him...right? Would not let someone in that situation close to my daughter... right? I think thats what you are saying
Thanks for sharing what year it is. Who knew?
www.georgiainnocenceproject.org
I don't have an opinion of his guilt. I have enough questions that I'd rather not have my favorite team associated with him; it's not his implicit right to wrestle in college. People get fired from their jobs all the time over salacious, credible accusations.
Again, nobody is saying lock him up in prison; he is presumed innocent WITH REGARDS TO HIS FREEDOM until convicted in a court of law. That doesn't mean anything in the court of public opinion or in the general human experience. We live in a society of people and we are literally judging people all the time. Ever walk to the other side of a street because you didn't like the look of someone? How about Jeffrey Epstein? Technically never even tried on the charges he was arrested on, but I'm pretty sure we're all in agreement on him.Thanks for sharing what year it is. Who knew?
I have had an opinion on them but also hold judgement until I have all the facts.
No one here has all the facts.
I'm also a believer in second chances.
He appears to doing the right things.
Beneath the Statistics: The Structural and Systemic Causes of Our Wrongful Conviction Problem
The statistics related to wrongful convictions, and to race and wrongful convictions, are profoundly disturbing and illustrative of a deeply rooted problem. Studies estimate that between 4-6% of people incarcerated in US prisons are actually innocent.
I didn't compare him to Casey Anthony or OJ Simpson. I compared the idea of grace to people who haven't been convicted of anything. Those people were actually tried in a court and a jury looked at all the evidence and found them not guilty, with much more access to ALL the evidence than you do, but you feel comfortable substituting your judgment for theirs, right? But people always ask for different treatment in situations where it could benefit them. Again, see above, talk about modern celebrities. I'll bet you have opinions on many that you've never met.
If they have any money and sue they usually win the lawsuit. Being accused of something you didn't do because of opinion woukd really suck.
You're making a lot of assumptions about people.
Amen to that, Sett! And when we say he "f'd up, it's not like the kid went on a shooting spree. Whatever he allegedly got caught doing didn't land him in prison nor did it result in a lengthy jail stay. So when he does finally suit up our fan base should treat him the same as they do everyone else on the team. If we/they try to hold him to a higher standard than the rest of the fellas we're setting us and him up for failure. At the end of the day he's still a kid just like his teammates, and kids at times will do some dumb shit things (look at some past Hawks). So I'm going to be embracing him and cheering for him like a MF'er every chance I get. I'm glad AJ and his brothers are now part of Hawkeye nation, and I'm hoping they get their friends, family, and any other badass wrestlers to come join the party. And if that gives us a "bad boy" image I'll embrace that as well We need a little something to shake things up in the program and produce more champions and hopefully having the Ferrari's in the house will do just that. I'm excited to see what we roll out for the Soldier Salute and even more excited to see what our team looks like when we hit our B10 schedule in January. Go F'ing Hawks!!
"Taking on the risk of a man with his criminal and behavioral history?" If you don't mind, please do tell me about this man's criminal history. By your handle (dmlawdad), I'm thinking you're a lawyer or perhaps part of our law enforcement community. So tell me Law Dad, what has he been convicted of that would result in this big risk to our wrestling program? And "shameless self promotion and extraordinary ego?" What does one do to warrant getting those titles pinned to oneself? I've read the criminal charges against AJ, none of which resulted in convictions that I'm aware of; I've heard about him posting pictures of himself, some not appropriate, though in this day and age I don't think it's as unusual as one might think for college kids; and I've watched some of his videos, in most of which he acts like he has a huge ego and is very arrogant. But what else do you have?
I’m very well hung. I take offense to the assertion that it’s because I’m an asshole or bad person. It’s just genetics.
No pics please. We'll just take your word for it.
No shit. Isn't 10 swinging a requirement to posting here?
So you're saying I have a chance posting here?
Calling a 20 something kid a p.o.s. in a public forum is a lot different than people talking shit about Carl bc of his now decades of our experiences watching and listening to him. Wouldn't you say? Same with the political figures though that's a can of worms that we don't need to open here.
This is what's wrong with society. You are a garbage individual.
Hey don't bring Spooner into this debate
You don't have an opinion, but you have questions? Of course you have an opinion or you wouldn't be taking this pretty hard line stance. And yes, people get fired all the time for "credible" accusations. Just like employers get sued and lose all the time when these so called credible accusations turn out to be not so credible.
Hey don't bring Spooner into this debate
I just wish the Ferrari deal was icing on the cake rather than the cake itself.
WTF… he said nothing wrong. Whether you like it or not, that is today’s society.
You need to mix the ingredients before the cake and icing. It has to start somewhere and just like baking a cake, it is a process.
Montel Marion wasn’t a choirboy when we recruited him, but got his life together on our team and had a great last 2 years without getting into trouble. I was also nervous about Desantos, but that also worked out.
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