...anything about the Washington situation? I live up there but have been out of state working for the last two weeks. Apparently some of the information specifically targets the Ricky era up there and could bring some serious sanctions.
I wonder how UCLA is feeling about the Slick hire now ?
I imagine that this type of treatment of good players was (and possibly still is) far, far too common amongst the "big time" schools.
What's with the timing of these articles being released? These events happened 7-10 years ago, but now the paper decides to go forward with them? Odd timing, considering that Slick was just hired at a rival school.
Oops, BW beat me to the punch
It is a four-part series.
Intro:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004147443_rboverview27m0.html
Part I:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004147460_rbstevens270.html
Part II:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004148820_rbpharms280.html
Part III:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004150796_rbwilliams281.html
I find it interesting it is being brought up 8 years later given the fact that their school has all new personnel.
I imagine that this type of treatment of good players was (and possibly still is) far, far too common amongst the "big time" schools.
It is a four-part series.
Intro:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004147443_rboverview27m0.html
Part I:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004147460_rbstevens270.html
Part II:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004148820_rbpharms280.html
Part III:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004150796_rbwilliams281.html
So an NFL player who drives and blows a .20 (extreme DUI, per Arizona's laws), gets a 1 game suspension. That seems quite lenient.
starter at *ebraska = 1/2 game suspension
I remember a shirt that I saw a few people wearing to CU games back in the early 90's that listed like 5 or 6 fusker players on the front with each of their associated crimes, and then on the back was the quote, "Shoot one more person and you're off the team!" :lol:
Sounds to me like there is some culpability in the King County DA's office. Marie's case should have gone to trial. Neu and Hedges seems clueless about what Stevens was really doing. In fairness to at least Neu all the players that were having problems were Lambright recruits. Williams story is just sad. Justice caught up with Pharms. I am not so sure about Stevens.
If that were the Denver Post and CU in the article I think a lot of posters in this thread would be crying foul as I am sure most UW fans are/were. The Stevens Marie story bares some distant similarities to our own recent problems.
Kudos to the Seattle Times for their strong work.
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I want that shirt:thumbsup:
Geeze... I just made it through the Stevens' stuff. That's pretty incredible, and I fail to see how if there was a DNA match between the fluids found on the alleged victim and Stevens' blood how no charges were filed.
Geeze... I just made it through the Stevens' stuff. That's pretty incredible, and I fail to see how if there was a DNA match between the fluids found on the alleged victim and Stevens' blood how no charges were filed.
I know that there are a couple people on here that are far more involved with lawyering than I and therefore more familiar with the law (so correct me if I'm wrong) but my understanding is that under Colorado State Law, if there is enough evidence to prosecute that charges are pressed in sexual assault cases regardless of the desires of the victim. Also, I'm fairly sure (from a presentation from my freshman year) that consent can be revoked at any time after the fact if the person has a "good" reason (read: was intoxicated).
Does anyone know if this doesn't apply in Washington state?
Secondly, reading this article made me re-evaluate my stance on the "scandal" here, specifically the party. Was there any hard evidence like the DNA evidence in the Stevens' case that anyone knows about? I'm sorry to bring this up because I'm sure everyone (like me) is hoping that this would just die as a subject.