Hypocrisy Strikes Again In College Athletics

[AZ BU Fan]

Earlier this week a Texas judge dismissed charges of drunken driving issued to a UT Starting Football Player, DJ Montoe, Nov 17 and charged him instead with "Obstructing an Alley".

As a result, Texas Head Coach Mack Brown cancels his suspension of Monroe so he can compete against Alabama for the National Title next month. Of course, DJ never missed a practice during his suspension.

Unbelievable. Can't make this stuff up.

The player must of had a good lawyer.

Reminds me of a Rodney Dangerfield joke about his lawyer, Nikki Pompaneetz.

Dangerfield's lawyer was so good, he got a rape charge reduced to tailgating!
:lol:

(I know this joke isn't politically correct so please don't blow a fuse)

You don't suppose the UT president will issue any university punishment to the player???

 

[SFP]

You don't suppose the UT president will issue any university punishment to the player???

Not if he wants to keep his job!:lol:

 

[tornado]

being a BCS school likely didn't hurt either

 

[Nacho]

It doesn't sound as much like hypocrisy in college athletics as it does in the court system... if he was let off easy b/c he was a football player at UT- that judge should be disbarred (sp?)...

However, alot of people get out of DUI's for a variety of reasons- one of which COULD be that he was a "celebrity"... others could be the cop didnt handle something correct and it was thrown out of court...

edit: I don't want to sound like I am saying I agree with what happened- just saying situations aren't always the same...

 

[SFP]

3rd is that the judge is in an elective official and likes his position?

 

[MacabreMob]

I think it's obvious they don't have someone like Kirk Wessler who is critical over the U and calls them out in their local rag. :roll:

 

[BradleyBrave]

Well, I guess I am a hypocrite. I thought about this, and if BU wasn playing in the NCAA title game, and had a player get arrested for suspicion of DUI, and had the charges thrown out, I would want the player reinstated and playing. I would be livid if our coach or our president kept that player from playing. Maybe that's wrong, I don't know.

 

[MacabreMob]

Well, I guess I am a hypocrite. I thought about this, and if BU wasn playing in the NCAA title game, and had a player get arrested for suspicion of DUI, and had the charges thrown out, I would want the player reinstated and playing. I would be livid if our coach or our president kept that player from playing. Maybe that's wrong, I don't know.

I agree with you completely BB.

But my point is... IF this were Bradley playing in the NCAA Title game and had a player arrested for suspicion then charges thrown out.... I KNOW the local rag and KW would NOT let Bradley get away with reinstating the player.

My beef isn't with the hypocrisy of the BCS schools getting away with this crap... my beef is that Peoria's local rag challenges ONLY Bradley without ever showing how blatantly worse it is elsewhere.

(I'll step down from my soapbox now)

 

[houstontxbrave]

Well, I guess I am a hypocrite. I thought about this, and if BU wasn playing in the NCAA title game, and had a player get arrested for suspicion of DUI, and had the charges thrown out, I would want the player reinstated and playing. I would be livid if our coach or our president kept that player from playing. Maybe that's wrong, I don't know.

Said player would still be punished just simply for being near any alcohol. At BU you get punished even if only by association.

Brown comments on being in a club in Brazil, everyone partying some on here can believe it and call for an investigation, inquiry, maybe his scholorship.

If one of our players was arrested on DUI, he would miss whatever games were ahead and be punished even before any trial or legal judgement, the judgement would already be passed.