'09 TN DL Daniel Hood (merged)

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The bottom line is the coaches were privy to all the details and obviously did their homework on the kid and came to a decision along with the AD, and the academic administration to give this guy a scholarship.

If you think you are smart enough to examine the situation and come to a different conclusion than they did, then don't act surprised that so many of us find it a ridiculous position to take. All this crap about if he wasn't a good football player, if it was your daughter, and blah blah blah is irrelevant. The kid has had nothing short of a sterling reputation in the 6 years since this incident.
 
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g8terh8ter_eric said:
Do you disagree because he witnessed/committed a crime?? Do you also believe that criminals can never truly "Pay" their debt to society??
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This isn't a parking ticket. Giving someone a second chance and giving someone the golden ticket are two different things.

It has become clear that many here prefer W's over class and morals.

To each his own.
 
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Sabanocchio said:
The bottom line is the coaches were privy to all the details and obviously did their homework on the kid and came to a decision along with the AD, and the academic administration to give this guy a scholarship.

If you think you are smart enough to examine the situation and come to a different conclusion than they did, then don't act surprised that so many of us find it a ridiculous position to take. All this crap about if he wasn't a good football player, if it was your daughter, and blah blah blah is irrelevant. The kid has had nothing short of a sterling reputation in the 6 years since this incident.
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You know Sab, if people were suggested to believe that they could never change for the better then this world would just plain suck to live in. Good thing that Daniel doesn't believe that.
 
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Sabanocchio said:
The bottom line is the coaches were privy to all the details and obviously did their homework on the kid and came to a decision along with the AD, and the academic administration to give this guy a scholarship.

If you think you are smart enough to examine the situation and come to a different conclusion than they did, then don't act surprised that so many of us find it a ridiculous position to take. All this crap about if he wasn't a good football player, if it was your daughter, and blah blah blah is irrelevant. The kid has had nothing short of a sterling reputation in the 6 years since this incident.
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You have no idea if this is true or if it's a case of the family having connections.
 
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volmanbill said:
This isn't a parking ticket. Giving someone a second chance and giving someone the golden ticket are two different things.

It has become clear that many here prefer W's over class and morals.

To each his own.
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So what would you prefer they do, pretend the man doesn't exist and he's a piece of crap?? I don't know, but something tells me that that line of thinking is what this world needs less of.
 
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volmanbill said:
This isn't a parking ticket. Giving someone a second chance and giving someone the golden ticket are two different things.

It has become clear that many here prefer W's over class and morals.

To each his own.
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Perhaps you shouldn't make that assumption so hastily. Many of us have children of our own and work every day to instill morals and values into them. I would hope that if your child found themselves in a situation that they didn't know how best to handle and made a mistake you would be as forgiving as everyone in this case has.

We aren't talking about a rapist here. We are talking about a 13 year-old kid that had probably never been exposed to sex before who found himself in a situation that he didn't know how to handle.
 
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g8terh8ter_eric said:
So what would you prefer they do, pretend the man doesn't exist and he's a piece of crap?? I don't know, but something tells me that that line of thinking is what this world needs less of.
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Please, if he was a 1 star from Albany most people here wouldn't give a crap. Call a spade a spade.
 
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Sabanocchio said:
Perhaps you shouldn't make that assumption so hastily. Many of us have children of our own and work every day to instill morals and values into them. I would hope that if your child found themselves in a situation that they didn't know how best to handle and made a mistake you would be as forgiving as everyone in this case has.

We aren't talking about a rapist here. We are talking about a 13 year-old kid that had probably never been exposed to sex before who found himself in a situation that he didn't know how to handle.
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Plus, peer pressure is a mofo.
 
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g8terh8ter_eric said:
Do you disagree because he witnessed/committed a crime?? Do you also believe that criminals can never truly "Pay" their debt to society??
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I believe most people can pay for their crimes. I do believe Hoods situation has been handled badly by his family, lawyer and the courts. Hood needs to be sat down and told that life is not fair and that his choice to come to UT will not come true lets see if he is a shining example after that.
 
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Some people just like to (or would like to) interject thier influence upon others in personal matters while hiding behind the facade of thier own morality.
 
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Sabanocchio said:
Perhaps you shouldn't make that assumption so hastily. Many of us have children of our own and work every day to instill morals and values into them. I would hope that if your child found themselves in a situation that they didn't know how best to handle and made a mistake you would be as forgiving as everyone in this case has.

We aren't talking about a rapist here. We are talking about a 13 year-old kid that had probably never been exposed to sex before who found himself in a situation that he didn't know how to handle.
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I have kids too and wouldn't be happy if my daughter brought a sexual predator home. Period.

And my oldest son is 13. I can guarantee you he wouldn't let crap like that happen.
 
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MontereyVol said:
I believe most people can pay for their crimes. I do believe Hoods situation has been handled badly by his family, lawyer and the courts. Hood needs to be sat down and told that life is not fair and that his choice to come to UT will not come true lets see if he is a shining example after that.
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And you know that he hasn't been sat down and explained everything on how life is and how unfair it is?? Good grief, why do people need to believe that life sucks?? It only sucks when those around you provide no support or love. That's truth.
 
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volmanbill said:
I have kids too and wouldn't be happy if my daughter brought a sexual predator home. Period.

And my oldest son is 13. I can guarantee you he wouldn't let crap like that happen.
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I really don't see what you are getting at here. Define sexual predator for me as well.
 
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OHvol40 said:
Some people just like to (or would like to) interject thier influence upon others in personal matters while hiding behind the facade of thier own morality.
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This is past morality. This is WAY past that. This is about people not wanting to root for a kid on our football team that some think to believe that he doesn't belong here because they are concerned with how the public will perceive it. Who gives a crap?? Let the coaches run the team and the administration take care of the PR. It seems as if people that are higher up than posters on a message board know what is really going on and made the decision to let him in.
 
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I was just saying that people try to point fingers and call someone "wrong" while putting up a front like they are perfect or know what is best for everyone. Basically.
 
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