BOL Round Table

I get what you're saying, it just seems that based on the nature of these supposed attacks, it would not surprise me if there weren't other victims who were afraid to report. I never said there necessarily were separate events, I just wanted to emphasize how bad these criminal acts were.

Just by the numbers you are probably right. How many times do you get caught doing something wrong the first time that you do it? Sure it can happen, but chances are you don't get caught the first time.

Everyone should get a second chance and their second chance I hope will be something like no jail time and to play at a JUCO school and prove themselves.

We have all made mistakes, I know I have made too many to count, but never were any of my mistakes felonies. I hope they get their second chance, but I don't think they should get another bite at apple.

I was only asking for clarification. Also trying to keep the haters off his back. Sorry if it came off harsh

It's sad day all the way around today!!

We all thought our football program was above reproach, that ALL our players were the best student athletes, that our program had educational training activities that had the ability to impact even the worst individuals to be good human beings, that our recreuting methods were somehow better than others at selecting athletes of the highest moral character, and that those selected as a member of this football team were going on to be some our future great citizens of this country.

What we learned today is that, while everything that was mentioned above may be true, there just people in this society that can't be reached - - Yes, a sad day indeed.

Roll Tide!!

Yes, I think all of us who preach conservative values should realize the students who were robbed and beaten are the victims, not these players. They need to be gone from the University just as any student should be who engages in these type crimes.

I only follow a handful of the current players on didn't see much. Who are you referring too?

You should read my post correctly. I was saying this was a felony not just a mistake.

I don't if they have a criminal record. If they are first time offenders then jail time may not be the only option.

You've got to be kidding me. I know this will get me plenty of downvotes, but Cam Newton made a "mistake" by stealing some laptop out of a dorm room. This was outright thuggery, with no regard for the well being of another innocent person. The only balls these idiots should be concerned with are attached to their future cell mates.

I don't see how this is getting misunderstood. Pretty clear.

I think we're all just saying that if you commit a Class B felony (or potentially a Class A), you need to go to prison without any sort of a second chance.

This class of "mistake" is punished not so much as a punitive or correctional measure for the individual, as it is a deterrence to society. We punish petty theft and drug use lightly at the onset because we're concerned with fixing the criminal. But, people have to know that beating someone unconscious has serious consequences to protect potential victims. I can't justify believing that you should be able to beat someone with the potential of killing them and not face full consequences.