Mooooo-rice Part Deux. "He ain't no problem."

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So Maurice is booted from tOSU football program.

We already know that Jim Brown thinks that the AD there is a slavemaster for poor Mo.

Could it possible that someone might top Brown in the idiocy department?

Pshaw, I thought.

I was wrong

I give you Doug Williams, the coach at Grambling.

Hell, whats wrong with a little rape?!

Did you really have to include that in the list of potential “headaches”?

Picky Picky.

:rolleyes:
Higher education…it’s whats for breakfast.

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BD- Considering the above-listed offenses are the most common for young sports figures and the ones we hear about on an almost too-often basis, yes, he did(well, no he didn’t HAVE to, but it fits).

When a sports figure pops up on the screen(especially if he’s a Dallas Cowboy, har har), I run through the above offenses in a guess to find out what the maroon is being accused of. IT’s almost always one of those “options” the coach mentioned.

Just my .02.

Sam

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Umm I was being sarcastic. As in Doug Williams seems to have lowered the bar for reasonable behavior (“ain’t no problem”) so much that it seemed like a natural progression to not consider rape a “big deal”. Hello Bobby Knight.

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You’re mad that he included rape, but not mad he included shooting somone? I’d say shooting a guy is pretty darn bad too.

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I guess I see what you’re saying…

However, what offenses would you have included in your statement? I mean, his school offered him Perks, it’s not as if he committed one of the above offenses that I would consider a “problem” or a “headache”, or that he engaged in some sort of moral turpitude making him a “bad person”.

The coach was comparing his “perk” offense with things that should legitimately be considered “bad”.

Sam

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I’ll try this again.

Clarette has had several things that any reasonable person would classify as “problems” while at tOUS

  • skipped out on a final exam
  • receiving “extra benefits” woth thousands of dollars.
  • lying (or at best misleading) officials at tOSU about the allegations involving his behavior
    “Geiger said that Clarett was suspended because he did not abide by the NCAA’s Bylaw 10, which compels athletes and coaches to answer truthfully when confronted by university or NCAA questions.”
  • he’s going to be charged with falsifying a report
    “Ohio State star running back Maurice Clarett will be charged with lying about items that were stolen from him out of a car, a city attorney spokesman said Tuesday.”

To say “ain’t no problem with the kid” seems …ummm, I dunno…ridiculous.

If it seemed that Clarett was repentent…had owned up to what he did, had shown improvement…then it makes sense to say something like “He made mistakes…he’s turned his behavior around, so we’re giving him a second chance at Grambling”. But. Clarett hasn’t…instead surrounding himself with shill apologists like Jim Brown

Williams seems to be saying as long as you don’t get caught raping someone or doing drugs…COME ON DOWN.

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Thanks, BD. The link you supplied to your OP didn’t have ANY of that info in it. puts thing in better perspective to someone who doesn’t follow collegiate sports on a daily basis.

And I have a headcold. Blah.

Sam

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Well, I’m the biggest non-fan of the NCAA’s “amateur atheletics” rules, so I don’t particularly worry if a person violates those. Clarett violated NCAA rules and did dumb things to cover up those violations.

The only one I really care about is falsifying a police report, that’s real life, not NCAA fantasyland.

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Glad it makes more sense now. FWIW, the page I linked to DID have links to background info on Clarett (this has been a long and ongoing story)

See the “Also See” and “Related Content” sections at the page for background links.

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I agree with Cheesesteak, though. I have always had a problem with many of the NCAA’s rules regarding amateur athletics.

Sam