Four Bama football players arrested, are dismissed from team

Matt0424 said:

First, I hope they get denied YO status. Especially EW. He perpetrated a heinous assault on two different innocent people. Pettway and Hayes are no better, as they did nothing to stop one...and helped with the other. They deserve jail time...YO status should be for reserved for people who make youthful mistakes...these guys, IMO, don't fall into that category.

Second, if Pettway wants to continue his education he needs to do it elsewhere. His ban from campus should continue. The University owes him nothing, and should show him no favor.

Third, any attempt to "rejoin his team" is laughable. I will say, I think there is no way CNS would let him back on the field in any capacity. However, if the dominoes fall so absurdly strange that the University is willing to give him a second chance...I think CNS should stick to his guns, and remove him from the team. There is no defensible way for the University, the Athletics Department, or the Team to allow Pettway (or any of the other felony 3) to continue on, much less continue on while having their way paid.

This is a closed book in my opinion...

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WalkaboutSean said:

They have applied for youthful offender status.

Pettway's attorney says he hopes "to return to his studies and to his team as quickly as possible."

I really hope this does not happen. I am with Cecil. If the facts are anywhere close to what has been reported, these guys need to look elsewhere to get their lives together.

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TIDE-HSV said:

YO or not, I want them gone...

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RJ YellowHammer said:

I'm really a Bama fan and I really love the Football team and University. I understand being measured and am all for 2nd chances, but I agree with Cecil Hurt here. These players 2nd chances shouldn't come at the University of Alabama. If they pay whatever debts need to be paid, realize the error of their ways, show contrition and understanding, and better themselves because of their colossal mistakes and misdeeds, then I hope they get to be on a college campus and play football again. I just don't think they should get to do either of those two things in Tuscaloosa...

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Nolcbear said:

Well, speaking for myself...Everyday I check this site and hope to see this thread retitled to "...four Alabama players dismissed..."

That's just me. :blush:

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CrimsonPride said:

At this point, I don't think CNS has a decision to make; he has already suspended them indefinitely from the team. Right now, their fates are in the hands of the university. With three of them already being banned from campus, I think their chances of returning to UA as students are slim to none. Although Calloway is still on campus, I think he is a deadman walking considering his apparent lack of a conscious in this situation and his previous transgressions. The sooner a final decision is made, the better.

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MOAN said:

I understand how you and most everyone on here feel about this situation and I feel the same way. But I am not nor are anyone on this website being paid 5 million a year to coach these players. If he decides to allow all four players to return to the team, pending the University re-in-statement, I will support him 100%! Its coach Sabans decision as to what goes on in his system, and no one elses! If the Powers to be doesn't agree they can fire him, but as for myself I support whatever coach Saban decides. Fan bases may influence the hiring and firing of poor or great coaches no doubt! Fan bases can also send a coach packing on his own if he decides to leave because of expectations they have that he doesn't share. Doubt he cares anything about what is being said on here by myself or anyone else on here. But I go on record supporting whatever decision he makes as so far his decisions have turned out fairly well wouldn't you say? I really doubt he needs any of our help or Cecil's in making decisions about how he runs his program. But feel free to offer it if you must! Good luck with that!

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MOAN said:

I understand how you and most everyone on here feel about this situation and I feel the same way. But I am not nor are anyone on this website being paid 5 million a year to coach these players. If he decides to allow all four players to return to the team, pending the University re-in-statement, I will support him 100%! Its coach Sabans decision as to what goes on in his system, and no one elses! If the Powers to be doesn't agree they can fire him, but as for myself I support whatever coach Saban decides. Fan bases may influence the hiring and firing of poor or great coaches no doubt! Fan bases can also send a coach packing on his own if he decides to leave because of expectations they have that he doesn't share. Doubt he cares anything about what is being said on here by myself or anyone else on here. But I go on record supporting whatever decision he makes as so far his decisions have turned out fairly well wouldn't you say? I really doubt he needs any of our help or Cecil's in making decisions about how he runs his program. But feel free to offer it if you must! Good luck with that!

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BamaGoose said:

This thread seems like a reinvention of the same previous posts with the same posters participating.

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buzzincuzzin said:

I'm hoping for "Bama names Oline coach"!

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Bama Reb said:

I'm really disappointed in how the "Youthful Offender" status is so vastly abused. IMO it was meant for kids in high school, etc. who commit minor crimes such as shoplifting, theft of or damage to private property, etc.). When applied correctly, the YO status allows for the kids to perform community service and/or pay a small fine and then either their records sealed or expunged so that it doesn't follow them into adulthood and possibly prevent them from enrolling in college or the military or obtain employment with reputable businesses.
That said, I don't care for college kids, who btw have already reached the age of majority, to use this as a way out of a felony conviction and possible prison term.
Count me in with those who want these guys gone.

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