re: Does the "sexual assault" charge bother you?

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Jury is still out for me. IF and I stress IF he tried to pass himself as Aaron Murray, that would emphasize that he has larger character issues than just getting drunk and horny.

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This is what bothers me most...his lack of self control (fake ID, drinking to excess) knowing that he was a high profile athlete with a spot light on him AND lying to the cops and his coach.

The 'maybe the girl wanted it' and 'we've all done it' comments bother me...because I'm a 'girl' who was groped more than once back in the day when I waited tables. And, believe me, I did nothing to 'ask for' or 'invite' the totally inappropriate touching, other than, you know, just being female. I'm not going to brush off what *may* have happened just because sometimes males and females do stupid things when they've been drinking.

That said, back in the day, I saw girls doing crazy arse stuff when drinking and later saying it was 'against their will'. Crazy bitches, and I can totally see something 'normal' being overblown in the heat of the moment.

All I can do is trust CLM's judgement on this. He's been personally recruiting Mett for a year. By all accounts, the kid has been on the straight and narrow since getting kicked off UGA's team...given his lack of trouble since then AND CLM's trust in him, I'm not overly bothered.

If the dude does anything similar here and lies to CLM though...personally, I hope CLM kicks him off the team so fast and hard he wishes he were back in that bar with the bouncer.

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We do know he copped a plea for reduced charges, so I think anybody who's trying to blow this off as shite that everybody does should reconsider. You don't want to have character issues with the highest profile player on your team, if for no other reason than that they eventually reappear at the worst time (see Ryan Perilloux).

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As someone else said, he only pled guilty because he had other more important things on his plate <sarcasm alert>