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He failed a drug test, which is different than being caught with possession by police.
The face that it is petty makes it even worse. These kids could be drafted one day and have their whole lives set for them. When that occurs smoke all you want, but until then play ball. They CHOSE to play with fire and they got burned.
Oh for fuck's sake. Can we please just legalize the shit so we can avoid these bullshit manufactured disciplinary situations?
not just eat blocks.
Good, because I'm pretty sure blocks aren't on his diet regimen
Holy crap. I can't speak to VT RA's but in my one year in living in a college dorm at Randolph Macon in Ashland VA my RA whose room was next to mine: bought us our alcohol, found me blacked out standing in the hall bathroom with every sink and shower on standing in the middle of the room talking about world domination and helped us patch up spots in the drywall when something would break it.
2003, playing darts in the hallway with a couple of guys in the dorm (my RA, included) for a few hours.
A few darts missed the board and hit the wall. Another RA from a different floor was walking by, on the hunt for whoever stole the couch from their floor, and ordered us to disperse.
A week goes by and I get a knock on my door. It's the RA with a referral naming me and 9 others as having committed an infraction. The 10 of us go to the hearing where we were all given the same punishment (1 year probation, $200 fine, mandatory enrollment in what I can only describe as a driver improvement course, but substitute driving with alcohol) I was not aware of any alcohol being consumed by any of the people present, but all of us were then placed on the alcohol offenders list for the yearlong probationary period.
And, I'm sure none of us on TKP ever smoked weed or consumed alcohol underage while in college. Who, me? Nah... s/
Early my freshman year we played beer (liquor for me) pong with some friends two floors down. Someone let me out of Lee and for whatever the hell reason we ended up in Cochran. All I remembered was opening my eyes to find myself lying on the floor in a hallway and an RA standing over me asking me what my name was. For some reason I said "mGe, Lee 506, and my RA is Lenore McMillan." Cringed. Woke up the next morning certain a a JR was already in my mailbox. Somehow, never got one for that. Thank you 2nd-year RA who hated writing JRs.
My ACTUAL JR story comes from my sophomore year when I left for class with my computer open and Frostwire (RIP) running, and someone uploaded an episode of Scrubs (RIP) from my computer. Spent a Friday afternoon in a class called "Choices" full of people with alcohol JRs and which was clearly directed toward people with alcohol JRs and not copyright infringement JRs. Obviously this was long before Netflix.
Super funny. Loosen up.
Oh yea, a lot of schools do it, but ours go all out. We have 3-4 every year that basically act as assistant coaches and talk and visit with other recruits.
Where was this? Is it online?
I think it's 7. You get a one point bonus for teamwork.
Short answer, yes.
I agree. They knew what they were doing.
On the bright side the rest of the team should see Alexander and Gaines as a CLEAR and relevant example of what not to do and have safe and quiet summers....
Glass half full.
He mentioned the typeface but that applies to the standard hokieball uniforms as well as the specialty uniforms. I didn't see the tweets but unless he specifically mentions the MLB inspired uniforms going away I would be surprised if we didn't keep them, especially considering how much the fans like them.
McKenzie and Reavis were much different cases than this. If they're treated like regular students, they should get 1 year deferred suspension for a first time offense
I'm disappointed that we live in a system that can ruin people's lives based on something so silly and trivial
I agree in this regard but it's not so much that it's illegal WRT State laws but, everyone on the team must follow team law/rule. and that's where it must be taught that cutting corners will not help in life. these kids may have followed everything required to be excellent people and football players, but they tried to skate by what i'm sure are teams rules.
That being said, (and this is not to your comment) I think as adults we shouldn't be casting judgements on college athletes that have "everything" and "have it made". This is a teaching point and not a point-and-lash. A lot of us made/make poor decisions in life. I think we hold certain groups of people to higher standards or expect more out of them when at the end of the day we aren't in their shoes or predicament. Perspective is everything. Let Coach Fuente handle it and wish them the best but unless you are perfect why bother stating the obvious. I am no means saying anyone is right or wrong just scrolling through and felt the need to offer some neutral perspective. We need these guys to be a good team but, we also need them to become good individuals for their own sake. Sometimes people have learn by (good or bad) experience.
I said that we're expected to, you cherry picked a fraction of my response. What you do on your own time is of no concern to me.
If they are worthy of having more to lose than the rest of us, then they can prove it by being responsible enough to follow the law.
I have no sympathy for them, honestly.
I guessing/hoping the rest of the team will have a "come to Jesus" meeting now that Fuente's first punishment has come down. Hopefully this is a wakeup call, especially to the youngsters.
Pro tip from a tv lawyer:
they can't abide by the rules the rest of us normal people
Yep. I'm normal. I've broken the law. I'm not alone. In fact, I'd bet most us have broken the law. If my time in Blacksburg is any indication, then every VT alum I know broke the law. This is not about being elite or special. Nobody is asking for special laws. I just simply think no one should have their lives ruined for harmless behavior.
Gaines and Alexander do have more to lose than a normal individual though. And yet, something so petty, will ruin it for them.
Agreed 100% on just don't do it. Also, if you are participating in law breaking activities, DON'T give the police a reason to pull you over:
Additionally, Alexander has a hearing on May 19 for failure to stop/yield while entering a highway.
I've got nothing personal against Motley, but I'm hoping Evans is the obvious choice when it's all said and done.
Motley had about as many bad games as good last year. Yeah, tough spot for anybody to go into but I'm not encouraged by any new information so far.
So should we be concerned that despite not playing several offensive stars, the D was essentially dominated by the O? :(:(:(:(
EDIT: So if there wasn't a reason before, def a reason now to be concerned with the D. There goes Bud's lock-down / Stud CB and one of our most likely starting DEs...