OJ Mayo Gets Restraining Order to Override His Suspension

[tornado]

OJ is presently on a 2 game suspension because of a brawl that we discussed a couple days ago.

http://www.bradleyfans.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?p=25358#25358

Mayo got 2 technical fouls which according to state regulations requires disqualification from that game PLUS a 2 game suspension, but........

OJ has got a lawyer, goes to the judge and gets a RESTRAINING ORDER!!
He then played last night and scored 19 as he helped his team beat a nationally rated opponent at Cameron Arena (Duke's home floor!)

http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070131/SPT03/701310379/1068/SPT

He even bumped the ref, which if cited would have led to a season long disqualification...so he's lucky he didn't get the boot for the rest of his senior year.

BUT NOW-- if he plays under the restraining order, and if the decision is reversed, the entire team may suffer, as any wins during that interval could be forfeited!

http://basketballrecruiting.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=635902

This guy is already setting the standard for pampered superstar that could break all of OJ Simpson and Kobe Bryant's records!

[BU Bill]

I liked this line from his lawyer from the last link--
"We feel O.J. certainly didn't do anything intentional," his attorney, Mike Woelfel, who also is an assistant coach at Huntington, told The Herald-Dispatch on Monday. "If there was contact, it was inadvertent or may have been accidentally initiated by the referee himself."

Yeah, this has been a big problem, overaggressive refs going after these coddled superstars. That ref should be banned!

[squeaky]

Here was a similar story- Eli Holman is a 6'10' senior from a Northern California high school who signed with Indiana for next year. He was involved in a physical altercation with an official last season, and the Califonia rules require a 18 month suspension from play. He has spent months with legal appeals, and they have all been denied, so far. But recently while awaiting a final appeal, he was shot. There is no word on whether his might have his legal team sue the gansters who shot him.

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070125/SPORTS0601/701250521

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2007/01/31/SPGEBNS09J1.DTL

http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=145&p=2&c=613268

[dogsrus]

OK this is probably a stretch but can you say OJ Simpson. Can you say any of the other countless superstar athletes that feel they are above the law because they are simply a good athlete.

People should be outraged. Mike Wilbon certainly was on PTI...good for him. Its a joke. They should come down hard on the kid and show him he isn't "special".

[Chico]

Tank Johnson must be above the law.

[Braves4Life]

Sweet Justice

Here was a similar story- Eli Holman is a 6'10' senior from a Northern California high school who signed with Indiana for next year. He was involved in a physical altercation with an official last season, and the Califonia rules require a 18 month suspension from play. He has spent months with legal appeals, and they have all been denied, so far. But recently while awaiting a final appeal, he was shot. There is no word on whether his might have his legal team sue the gansters who shot him.

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070125/SPORTS0601/701250521

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2007/01/31/SPGEBNS09J1.DTL

http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=145&p=2&c=613268

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, sweet justice!

[chitownBUB]

OJ Mayo has now accepted the penalty of the Secondary School Activities Commission, which amounts to 2 weeks suspension, meaning he'll miss 3 games. They made the 2 week penalty retroactive to his last game (2/3), so he's eligible on 2/17.

http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/16663997.htm

[Braves4Life]

Geez! This Huntington team must have really been filled with thugs and punks.

Another ex-Huntington player making "news"........................

University of Oklahoma men's basketball head coach Jeff Capel announced Sunday that incoming freshman Chris Early is no longer a member of the OU program.

http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/stories/070807aai.html