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So much for the redeeming power of sports - Redrum - 06-09-2010

Or, at least,  the near-bottomless well of patience needed to turn hoods into some approximation of "decent citizens".

Oregon QB Jeremiah Masoli\'s experiment in redemption has ended.  Already on a year\'s suspension from the team, he has now been kicked off the team for a drug possession arrest.  This, on top of the computer theft conviction earlier this year.  Masoli wasn\'t a thug, just a common, stupid kid with criminal tendencies.  Now the only sports award that awaits him is the coveted  Lawrence Phillips Recidivism Award.

Add:  I was wrong. Masoli was a thug.  He got kicked out of his high school for joining some of his buddies in a group assault on a kid. But he was misunderstood, just the kind of kid the Oregon athletic dept. can help.

http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindducksbeat/2010/06/oregon_quarterback_jeremiah_ma.html

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Re: So much for the redeeming power of sports - fullmetal - 06-09-2010

If I ever had respect for the character of the Ducks\' football program, it\'s gone now.  And how posh did Phil Knight make their locker rooms?

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Re: So much for the redeeming power of sports - Pastor - 06-09-2010

Note that the qb heir apparent was also in the car....so he probably has some good habits now too.

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