re: Allstate Sugar Bowl thread: I #14 Auburn [19] #7 Oklahoma [35] I Final

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He was completely removed from all team activities for a year. That's a fact

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Didn't lose any eligibility AND didn't have to practice? The poor guy.

what do you mean so what? thats not a penalty

That was...gimpy

He lost a year from his football career, he's not staying at OU for five years

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and retained eligibility

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Even if he would have been kicked off, he would have transferred somewhere else and still would have used the redshirt.

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So what?

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He got 4 full years of football to play. There is no suspension there.

I think what Stoops was saying is that the environment has changed since 2014. In 2014 it was acceptable to punish a player for an incident like that by suspending him for a year. Post Ray Rice the only acceptable thing is dismissal.

I'm honestly torn on this. The kid obviously did a bad thing, what I don't know is has he redeemed himself? Is he now a model student and teammate who gives back to the community? If he is then I would say that is a good redemption story that many people can learn from. Much better than throwing him out the door and nothing good coming out of the situation.

If I was Stoops I wouldn't have sat him for a single play this game. Just because the video came out now doesn't mean any new punishment is warranted. It only makes you look weak. I would have stuck to my guns and said the player has been punished already.

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He lost a year from his football career,

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and he can still complete four years at OU. ie, he was not punished. because being redshirted isnt a punishment. and he wasnt punished by stoops

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he would have transferred somewhere else and still would have used the redshirt.

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and thats not OUs problem when that happens

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The kid obviously did a bad thing, what I don't know is has he redeemed himself?

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He could be a damn saint now for all we know. It doesn't matter. That exact school has kicked out students for less. He was able to stay because of how good of a football player he is.