2/27 - Will Franklin's side of the story.. Interesting.....

[Fundamentals]

http://www.pjstar.com/stories/022708/TRI_BFTA9E64.083.php

[Da Coach]

This information is what many people already knew and have been talking about since Saturday night. There is much more to this story that had been reported before this morning's article. People who have rushed to judge Ruffin guilty will look pretty ignorant once the facts are known.

[Braves4Life]

This is so, so sad..........how anyone can ruin someone so quickly in today's rush to judgement

[Fundamentals]

I agree with you 100% Coach. I do not have all the connections and get the scoop like you and a few others do. This to me is extremely promising...

[BUBeam]

This information is what many people already knew and have been talking about since Saturday night. There is much more to this story that had been reported before this morning's article. People who have rushed to judge Ruffin guilty will look pretty ignorant once the facts are known.

Guys this is the first post I have made about this topic on any message board for this very reason. Coach, what you just said applies though to many discussions on message boards, its the worst thing about message boards...people rush to judgement. In this case I had info and in my heart I knew that these things often take time to sort out. I knew the girl had gone back to the police and said she was changing her mind, she didnt want to press charges.....and its stll not over, but ultimatley DR and all these guys just need to be careful about who they hang around...what a mess

[real fan]

The thing that bothers me the most is why is he still being punished when in fact all he did was try to defend himself and by accident she ended up with a cut lip, I think he has more then paid the price for this and it is time to put this issue aside and let the court handle it as with these facts he will never be found guilty other then using poor judgement in dating this individual.

[Dallas Brave]

A very, very sad event. While nothing can be done to unwind this unfortunate series of events, I hope that BU can begin to take steps to move forward in positive way by reinstating Daniel. The PJS' behavior in all of this is a sad testament to the professionalism and ethics of the people working there. I would also think a lot of posters on this board who rushed to judge DR guilty will have some shred self awareness / accountability and realize how damaging this type of character assassination is and avoid doing it in the future. .

[ph]

This information is what many people already knew and have been talking about since Saturday night. There is much more to this story that had been reported before this morning's article. People who have rushed to judge Ruffin guilty will look pretty ignorant once the facts are known.

FWIW, Because some posters had inside info, their posts made it sound like they were callus aginst cases of real domestic abuse, and sounded likely that they were supporters of real domestic abusers.

Since I did not have inside info, I would of preferred seeing comments like "Real domestic abuse is an absolute tradegy, I would never support a real abuser's actions. However I think the facts will show DR was not a real abuser.."

[tornado]

Real domestic abuse is a tragedy, but the students at Duke were treated horribly unfairly by the legal system and the local and nationwide press, they were presumed guilty, convicted in the press, and held up to ridicule, all the while the accusers being treated by the press like royalty, like saints, like martyrs.

Simply put...I don't think anyone favors a crime being committed.
But I, for one, favor fairness and truth over unfounded allegation.

[dogsrus]

A very, very sad event. While nothing can be done to unwind this unfortunate series of events, I hope that BU can begin to take steps to move forward in positive way by reinstating Daniel. The PJS' behavior in all of this is a sad testament to the professionalism and ethics of the people working there. I would also think a lot of posters on this board who rushed to judge DR guilty will have some shred self awareness / accountability and realize how damaging this type of character assassination is and avoid doing it in the future. .

Not a chance Dallas....those that rushed to judgement will NEVER even hint they were wrong.

[Dallas Brave]

Not a chance Dallas....those that rushed to judgement will NEVER even hint they were wrong.

Maybe those posters are the real victims in this incident ... they seemed to be trapped in a world of negativity unable to break a cycle of destructive behavior.

[lefty]

Not a chance Dallas....those that rushed to judgement will NEVER even hint they were wrong.

In fairness dogs..most posters started those posts with "if this is true"
then went on from there...while others said let's wait and see what the facts are.

[shaunguth]

The thing that bothers me the most is why is he still being punished when in fact all he did was try to defend himself and by accident she ended up with a cut lip, I think he has more then paid the price for this and it is time to put this issue aside and let the court handle it as with these facts he will never be found guilty other then using poor judgement in dating this individual.

Completely agree with this post!

[Scouter]

A very, very sad event. While nothing can be done to unwind this unfortunate series of events, I hope that BU can begin to take steps to move forward in positive way by reinstating Daniel. The PJS' behavior in all of this is a sad testament to the professionalism and ethics of the people working there. I would also think a lot of posters on this board who rushed to judge DR guilty will have some shred self awareness / accountability and realize how damaging this type of character assassination is and avoid doing it in the future. .

Why?

[BU_EMT128]

Why?

Read Luciano's article today and you may begin to understand....