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Alabama freshman Eddie Williams arrested Sunday on gun charge
http://www.al.com/alabamafootball/index....out_sports

FWIW, This is not to bash Bama..."There but for the grace of God..."

http://csnbbs.com/showthread.php?tid=618209

Stephanie Taylor ‏@TNews_Steph
..."Suspect and other occupants of the vehicle left the store and began messing with something in the trunk."
...Williams was "threatening that he had something in the trunk of his vehicle after a dispute about paying for gas”
...Police: “A clerk in the store told police that Williams came into the store and was acting erratic" @tuscaloosanews
...Eddie Williams was charged with having a gun after a disturbance at the BP on the Strip early Sunday morning
...Eddie Williams told police that he attacked the second victim while Hayes and Pettway stood by. Knocked him unconscious and stole his wallet
...UA players accused of robbery said that they knocked the victim unconscious @tuscaloosanews
...Players admitted to using credit card stolen in the robbery to buy snacks from vending machine at Bryant Hall
...Williams and Hayes said they also attacked the student, according to the warrants @tuscaloosanews
...Arrest warrants: DJ Pettway punched student in the head and face and kicked him in the ribs and back before stealing laptop

I will never understand the pack mentality, how 4 indivduals with nothing but a potential bright future ahead, could all have a meeting of the mind ( conspiracy ) and decide its a good idea to commit a crime, how noone in a group of 4 young men, said no this is not a good idea, I want no part of it and walk away.

sad situation.

(02-12-2013 11:14 AM)ATTALLABLAZE Wrote:  sad situation.

And one that I couldn't care less about.

Back to the important topic of the day

I can't believe the BOT actually sent football players out to rob people just to take the focus off of the UAB campus poll on al.com.

hardy har har...

(02-12-2013 11:16 AM)mixduptransistor Wrote:  

(02-12-2013 11:14 AM)ATTALLABLAZE Wrote:  sad situation.

And one that I couldn't care less about.

Back to the important topic of the day

Come on you must care about the youth of today, and a society where nothing is wrong or important.

There are plenty of OCS threads here, and this one was what you thought it was when you opened it.

I care about young people throwing their lives away, I care that my family or I may meet one of the young people who throw their lives away.

Its important that society, care about our youth, because if we dont pay attention we will pay now are later, for our disinterest.

(02-12-2013 11:41 AM)rebounder2u Wrote:  

(02-12-2013 11:16 AM)mixduptransistor Wrote:  

(02-12-2013 11:14 AM)ATTALLABLAZE Wrote:  sad situation.

And one that I couldn't care less about.

Back to the important topic of the day

Come on you must care about the youth of today, and a society where nothing is wrong or important.

There are plenty of OCS threads here, and this one was what you thought it was when you opened it.

I care about young people throwing their lives away, I care that my family or I may meet one of the young people who throw their lives away.

Its important that society, care about our youth, because if we dont pay attention we will pay now are later, for our disinterest.

Try not to take a post on an internet message board so seriously.

I guess it's all relative (at least that's what they say in Arkansas)... Oh wait, it's "If it's all relatives, that's OK..."

(02-12-2013 11:13 AM)rebounder2u Wrote:  I will never understand the pack mentality, how 4 indivduals with nothing but a potential bright future ahead, could all have a meeting of the mind ( conspiracy ) and decide its a good idea to commit a crime, how noone in a group of 4 young men, said no this is not a good idea, I want no part of it and walk away.

When immature guys get together, the collective IQ drops and the meanness rises proportionally.

So, I wonder if the Snickers and Yoohoos were worth the felony beef.

(02-12-2013 11:42 AM)mixduptransistor Wrote:  

(02-12-2013 11:41 AM)rebounder2u Wrote:  

(02-12-2013 11:16 AM)mixduptransistor Wrote:  

(02-12-2013 11:14 AM)ATTALLABLAZE Wrote:  sad situation.

And one that I couldn't care less about.

Back to the important topic of the day

Come on you must care about the youth of today, and a society where nothing is wrong or important.

There are plenty of OCS threads here, and this one was what you thought it was when you opened it.

I care about young people throwing their lives away, I care that my family or I may meet one of the young people who throw their lives away.

Its important that society, care about our youth, because if we dont pay attention we will pay now are later, for our disinterest.

Try not to take a post on an internet message board so seriously.

I usually don't, but I can't find humor in everything, kids robbing, killing, raping and pillaging the village just isn't funny to me.

I always make it personal, and say what if... and but by the grace of God...

There are plenty of funny things out there, but this is not funny to me... or the victim, and I believe the parents of the victim and the suspected players parents dont see humor in ruin lives...But to each his own.

I don't think he's making light of what these guys are accused of doing, but rather some internet message board's reaction to it.

(02-12-2013 12:35 PM)rebounder2u Wrote:  

(02-12-2013 11:42 AM)mixduptransistor Wrote:  

(02-12-2013 11:41 AM)rebounder2u Wrote:  

(02-12-2013 11:16 AM)mixduptransistor Wrote:  

(02-12-2013 11:14 AM)ATTALLABLAZE Wrote:  sad situation.

And one that I couldn't care less about.

Back to the important topic of the day

Come on you must care about the youth of today, and a society where nothing is wrong or important.

There are plenty of OCS threads here, and this one was what you thought it was when you opened it.

I care about young people throwing their lives away, I care that my family or I may meet one of the young people who throw their lives away.

Its important that society, care about our youth, because if we dont pay attention we will pay now are later, for our disinterest.

Try not to take a post on an internet message board so seriously.

I usually don't, but I can't find humor in everything, kids robbing, killing, raping and pillaging the village just isn't funny to me.

I always make it personal, and say what if... and but by the grace of God...

There are plenty of funny things out there, but this is not funny to me... or the victim, and I believe the parents of the victim and the suspected players parents dont see humor in ruin lives...But to each his own.

When the victims headache goes away and he realizes that he has lifetime season tickets to Bama football games if he drops the charges, he will be happy.

(02-12-2013 11:13 AM)rebounder2u Wrote:  I will never understand the pack mentality, how 4 indivduals with nothing but a potential bright future ahead, could all have a meeting of the mind ( conspiracy ) and decide its a good idea to commit a crime, how noone in a group of 4 young men, said no this is not a good idea, I want no part of it and walk away.

Deer antler spray isn't cheap.

Trying to stay serious here, but its difficult with deer antlers, and season tickets flying all over the place...

(02-12-2013 11:03 AM)mixduptransistor Wrote:  http://csnbbs.com/showthread.php?tid=618209

Well, at least I tried.

How stupid can you be?

An important descriptive point is that all 4 were freshmen or RS freshmen - new guys to the program and perhaps the first in their families to go to college at all. It is sad that they have apparently squandered their opportunity to improve their lives through a college experience, but we have noted before, a large majority of those athletes who get into these troubles are freshmen or sophomores, almost never juniors or seniors who have internalized the advantages offered to them - in return for their good behavior.

One has to wonder how many times their behavior was covered up in high school based on their athletic prowess and the hopes they would get college scholarships taking them away from their local influences. It should be noted that many more who come from such places don't get into these kinds of troubles than those who do. It indicates to me that the colleges need to make a greater effort to get all new students into counseling to hurry the internalization of understanding what good behavior at college can do for their future.

This kind of problem is not limited to just a couple of schools as we have noted before. It clearly is a problem the schools must address and they have the personnel with which to do it.