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I don't see why being a fan of any school/team/whatever has to do with me thinking his stance on something like this is sad to read. If I were an OU fan, would it be okay that I disagree with his opinion, an opinion that has zero bearing on sports but rather society?
I really don't give a **** about college football. The only college sport I really like and watch is basketball. No concern to me who OU's running back is or isn't. I hardly even watch OSU games anymore, let alone OU or other Big XII teams.
But, I do think DenverSooner's attitude about these things is archaic and once again, to me, sad. And I'd think that if his name was DenverCowboy, DenverLonghorn, DenverWhatever.
My stance on what? That these two OU football players did not commit felonies. That is not a stance, it is a fact.
What is my attitude on these things?
To clarify my attitude on Mixon is he acted within the law. A drunk women does not have a right to call a black man a N*%%#$, spit on him and slap with no retaliation. No one has that right. She does have the right to call him names and if she chooses that name, I go easy on sentencing if it is a single punch. Free speech carries responsibility.
My attitude on DGB is the kid did nothing serious. He made a series of mistakes and was kicked out of Missouri. Not one of them is defining. He did not rape a 13 year old girl. He did not scar another human for life. He should not push someone but no judge is going to issue any significant sentence for a push with no serious injury. Now if the girl was thrown down the stairs and broke a bone or worse, then he would be in big trouble. Perhaps he got lucky, perhaps he didn't really push her that hard and the "stair case" inside an apartment wasn't an entire flight of stairs. Who knows but his actions were nothing like Collins.
I don't care if anyone possesses weed, has friends that possess weed or smokes weed.
My attitude on Frank Shannon is if he raped that women he should be gone. He should be in jail. If her father or brothers wanted to kick his ass, I would sentence them to one day (however, I would not recommend trying to beat up a Big XII linebacker). However, I have a major problem with the Federal Government imposing itself in local crime. It is none of their business. I also think these panels are a joke. Society should not subject college students to two levels of review when the rest of society is not faced with that. Furthermore, when accused of a crime and the evidence is not sufficient to press charges, society should not then call the crime something else, take away the rights of the defendant and issue a punishment.
Finally, I have a major problem with decision makers that are faced with an accusation of rape and issue a one year suspension from college. That is inconceivable to me. How is that possibly the correct punishment? If he did it, it is way too easy. If he didn't, it is wrong.
If you have a problem with any of that, I don't know what to tell you.