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'11 CA ATH DeAnthony "Black Mamba" Thomas (Oregon Signee)

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this is sad if actually true

http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsport...o-oregon-over-safety-concerns-for-him-family/
Sources: Thomas chose Oregon over safety concerns for him, family

Posted by Ben Kercheval on February 6, 2011, 8:00 PM EST

In the final days before National Signing Day, highly-recruited athlete De?Anthony Thomas made a last-second trip to Oregon and rumors swirled that the Ducks had made a late surge for Thomas? talents. On Wednesday evening, Thomas confirmed those rumors by officially, and emotionally, committing to Oregon over USC.
But there are some new ? and quite disturbing ? developments involving Thomas? commitment.
According to an e-mail sent to ConquestChronicles.com, Thomas, a Los Angeles native, witnessed a murder while at a party and helped police identify the gang members in question. As a result, a hit was reportedly put on Thomas and his family by members of the accused gang.
Thomas then decided to commit to Oregon over his hometown university for fear of his own safety. There has been no official word about what his family will do. The e-mail reads:
He actually isn?t a punk. He is a good kid. What happened is, he was at a
party and some gang bangers killed a guy. He did the right thing and
cooperated with the police and they arrested the murderers. As a result
of his cooperation, the gang bangers put a hit on him and his family. The
hit is credible and they truly fear for their lives. As a result, he shot
up to Oregon and decided to go there to get away from the threat. That is
why he was crying when he made the announcement. He was the kid in the
class that was actively recruiting other recruits to come to USC. He did
us a tremendous favor by recruiting kids to SC and forestalling his
announcement until after we had our 30 guys.
The kid is heartbroken.
The sources in this story have remained anonymous, so all of this has to be taken with a grain of salt. Obviously, no kid should ever have to make a decision like this based on fearing for his, or his family?s, life (no kid should ever have to fear for his life in general), but I?m sure I speak for a lot of people when I say I hope this is nothing more than an unfounded rumor and Thomas genuinely wanted to go to Oregon.
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Wow. That's just crazy, and I can't imagine what this kids going through. Obviously it's not important in the grand scheme of things but I wonder what the Oregon fans, coaches, and players think about it. Will they see it as "you didn't really want to be here but this hand was forced" ??? I would hope not but we obviously know how "FANatics" can be.
 
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CleveBucks;1870658; said:
That story doesn't really add up. Unless he - and his family - are moving up to Oregon immediately, I don't see how his choice of college in the Fall is going to prevent a hit on his family.
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maybe gangbangers dont have mapquest or realize eugene orgeon is on the west coast?
 
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