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Ayden Hector walking on at Wazzu - SamuelMcF - 10-16-2020
https://247sports.com/college/washington-state/Article/Cougs-land-WA-4-star-Ayden-Hector-as-walk-on-sources-tell-CFC-153058880/
Article is paywalled but just posting a source. Optics don't look great.
RE: Ayden Hector walking on at Wazzu - 82lsju - 10-16-2020
from the Spokane newspaper
Quote:A former four-star cornerback who planned to join Stanford’s football team before the school sought out information about his involvement in an eight-month-long police investigation is now at Washington State as a walk-on, a source close to the program confirmed to the The Spokesman-Review.
Cougfan.com first reported the news that Ayden Hector, a standout player at Seattle powerhouse Eastside Catholic, had landed with the Cougars nearly six months after Stanford withdrew the player’s scholarship.
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2020/oct/16/four-star-corner-who-had-scholarship-rescinded-by-/
RE: Ayden Hector walking on at Wazzu - BostonCard - 10-16-2020
(10-16-2020, 12:16 PM)SamuelMcF Wrote: https://247sports.com/college/washington-state/Article/Cougs-land-WA-4-star-Ayden-Hector-as-walk-on-sources-tell-CFC-153058880/
Article is paywalled but just posting a source. Optics don't look great.
The optics look bad for who?
BC
RE: Ayden Hector walking on at Wazzu - Papa John - 10-16-2020
Well, this is a bit of a rehash, but for those who don't recall...
According to police a 16 year-old girl was assaulted by four Eastside Catholic High football players (Hayden was present but did not participate). No charges were filed by the King County prosecutor.
If the above--gleaned from the Spokesman-Review--is accurate, there's plenty of bad optics to go around.
As far as optics for Stanford or WSU, I don't know. Stanford pulled Hector's scholarship, WSU isn't giving him one, at least not yet.
Let me put it this way: If Hector had been a non-athlete admit to Stanford, would they have revoked his admissions? If not, would he have been allowed to walk-on to Stanford's football team?
I don't even pretend to know what the right answer is because I don't know the facts. So we're left with optics instead.
RE: Ayden Hector walking on at Wazzu - BostonCard - 10-16-2020
If Hayden had been a regular student, I'm not sure that the Palo Alto Daily would have submitted a FOIA request to get the sealed court records, so Stanford may never have known he was involved. But I think that if Stanford did find out a normal student had been involved in an action like this, his (or her) admission would have been revoked, athlete or not.
But a lot of speculation on my part.
BC
RE: Ayden Hector walking on at Wazzu - 82lsju - 10-16-2020
the thread from Mar 2020 is here
https://thecardboard.org/board/showthread.php?tid=19226&highlight=Ayden+Hector
some of the links no longer work (but there are posts with links to archives of at least some of the articles)
RE: Ayden Hector walking on at Wazzu - fullmetal - 10-16-2020
I forgot -- did the Stanford coaching staff know about this prior to the public revelations? Or did Hector not mention the police investigation from the coaching staff?
RE: Ayden Hector walking on at Wazzu - BostonCard - 10-16-2020
(10-16-2020, 04:45 PM)fullmetal Wrote: I forgot -- did the Stanford coaching staff know about this prior to the public revelations? Or did Hector not mention the police investigation from the coaching staff?
I don't think that has been disclosed.
BC
RE: Ayden Hector walking on at Wazzu - JohnR34231 - 10-17-2020
Glad to see the kid is getting a second chance.
Just hope he doesn't make a big play to beat us one of these years.
RE: Ayden Hector walking on at Wazzu - OutsiderFan - 10-17-2020
(10-17-2020, 04:54 AM)JohnR34231 Wrote: Glad to see the kid is getting a second chance.
Just hope he doesn't make a big play to beat us one of these years.
This is guaranteed to happen and everyone here knows it.
RE: Ayden Hector walking on at Wazzu - martyup - 10-17-2020
(10-17-2020, 10:57 AM)OutsiderFan Wrote:(10-17-2020, 04:54 AM)JohnR34231 Wrote: Glad to see the kid is getting a second chance.
Just hope he doesn't make a big play to beat us one of these years.
This is guaranteed to happen and everyone here knows it.
Speak for yourself. I know nothing. You've said so many times.
RE: Ayden Hector walking on at Wazzu - JohnR34231 - 10-17-2020
(10-17-2020, 02:04 PM)martyup Wrote:(10-17-2020, 10:57 AM)OutsiderFan Wrote:(10-17-2020, 04:54 AM)JohnR34231 Wrote: Glad to see the kid is getting a second chance.
Just hope he doesn't make a big play to beat us one of these years.
This is guaranteed to happen and everyone here knows it.
Speak for yourself. I know nothing. You've said so many times.
Join the club.