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04-03-2006, 10:32 AM
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If Alex does this again, that's a different case, but for now, let's just cut him some slack. BP is no place for bashing players.
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Well said. One thing that hasn't been pointed out is that I'm sure Alex feels incredibly sorry for what he did. You hypocrites who are bashing him and judging him need to keep that in mind.
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04-03-2006, 10:34 AM
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Anyone who is at least vaguely familiar with the posting rules on BP should be well aware that bashing players is not tolerated, plain and simple. There have been some comments in this thread about posters 'bashing' Alex Boone for this incident. I feel compelled to weigh in on that topic.
I've twice read every post that's been made since the news of the DUI was posted. I haven't seen what I would consider 'bashing', and only felt the need to edit one comment. In my opinion, calling a Buckeye who got a DUI 'stupid' is not bashing, it's a description of his mistake.
But let's also realize that there's a difference between stating that somebody made a foolish mistake and calling him stupid.
The topic of whether Buckeyes football players should be held to higher standards than other tOSU students is a good one. I am starting a separate thread for that discussion.
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04-03-2006, 10:36 AM
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Should football players be held to a higher standard?
This thread is being started in order to address the topic outside of Alex Boone's thread.
The questions are specifically:
Should tOSU football players be held to a different standard than other tOSU students?
And if they are, is that fair to them?
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04-03-2006, 10:39 AM
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Yes.
No.
Nobody ever said life was fair.
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04-03-2006, 11:00 AM
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Yes.
No.
Nobody ever said life was fair.
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04-03-2006, 11:05 AM
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Yes and Yes. They know the expectations when they agree to come here to play football, its reasonable to expect them to live up to them...
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04-03-2006, 11:08 AM
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I'm 32 years old and I say yes, At the age of 18, I probably would have said no.
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