He’s back?
In case you though that Blount was out of the picture after his apology letter today, you might be wrong.
I was looking at some Oregon Ducks sports news today when I came across an article on Foxsports that hinted at Blount’s possible return to actually playing for Oregon this year. That article led me to Rob Moseley’s blog post on the Register Guard website.
Oregon football coach Chip Kelly will address the status of suspended running back LeGarrette Blount with media following the Ducks’ walk-through today, UO officials said, including the possibility that Blount could play again this season.
Last week, a UO spokesman confirmed the Ducks had been in communications regarding Blount with an on-campus conflict management program.
Of course, being the Register Guard the story is vague and Moseley doesn’t really provide much evidence to prove that Kelly is actually going to put Blount back on the field.
But hey, it’s Eugene! Unsubstantiated rumors are what make this town run.
A Fairmount leader told the board last night that the new UO president got death threats after speaking about the Blount incident. Since that leader is a little overly cozy with UO admin. I figure she probably has good information. Maybe you can rope the new UO president into a interview and find out about this.
I still wonder what it is that the Idaho state dude said to Blount. There are still such things as “fighting words” in my book. Whatever he said, it was enough for his own coach to start pulling him away from Blount *before* the punch.
Until I know what was said, I really can’t form an opinion about whether Blount should platy again or not.
I’m just saying that if Pacman Jones made it to the NFL, Blount deserves a chance. Also, college football would be more interesting with added pugilism.
You could say he got raped by the fist of justice.
Did LaGarrette Blount drug and rape that poor Bronco
Sometimes, actions have consequences.
Unless you
What’s the over/under on Blount responding to the goading/taunting that he is surely going to get once he’s back on the field?
(If I was Kelly, I might have my guys constantly insulting Blount to get him used to it)
Phil Knight wants to impose Nikelaw on US courts! No ghilli!
Because this was a post game incident it should have been settled in a court of law instead of the Cas. center. Cas. center law=Nikelaw. If you want to know more about Nikelaw you had better take Frohnmayer’s law class next term.
You’re right. He’s a skillful football player, so it’s best that we just put all this unpleasantness behind us so he get back to what he’s being paid, in cash and kind, to do for the UO: score some more points for the greater glory of Oregon Football.
Go Ducks.
Let’s not drag Micheal Vick or Roman Polanski into this … comparing what those scumbags did to Blount is a far cry from fair.
Sometimes, actions have consequences.
And they ought to – Blount’s actions were inexcusable (and he has owned up to this many times). But the consequences also have to fit the crime, and they don’t match up in this case.
And I also don’t think that comparing Blount’s punch to plagiarism is an apples-apples comparison in regards to fair punishment … perhaps if Blount was caught using steroids or something, then that would be a better analogy.
According to Kelly’s statement today, Blount has the opportunity to play in some games before the close of the season … but there are no statements about how many games, or how soon he might be re-instated. I think this is a fair compromise … Blount has to earn his second chance to play again. So he remains suspended for a few more games, but still gets the chance to play during his senior year.
If the world can forgive Michael Vick, I think we can forgive LaGarrette Blount. Sometimes athletes make bad decisions, and we haven’t really punished them in the past, so I guess that’s just how the world works. Ha.
But look at the effects of this decision: By suspending him for the season, Blount will not get to play another college game for his entire career, and, more than likely, NFL scouts will lose interest in him because of this. He could potentially lose his entire career because of this one incident.
Oh well. That’s real tough luck, isn’t it?
I guarantee if I get caught plagiarizing a seminar paper, even just once, my academic career is finished. Even if I wasn’t tossed out of the graduate program outright and my department somehow decided to mercifully continue to fund me, few, if any, potential employers would bother to give me the time of day after something like that.
Sometimes, actions have consequences.
Unless you’re a valuable football player or Roman Polanski, I guess.
BTW: A reminder to all of the folks who have forgotten his athletic contribution to the team…
Chip Kelly made his point of making this a “teachable moment” for LeGarrette by suspending him for the season. I honestly think this was a hastily made decision to over-correct the expected backlash from the public, and reduce as much damage as possible.
But look at the effects of this decision: By suspending him for the season, Blount will not get to play another college game for his entire career, and, more than likely, NFL scouts will lose interest in him because of this. He could potentially lose his entire career because of this one incident.
Were his actions wrong? Absolutely. But the punishment of Blount never playing AGAIN is a punishment unfit for his actions.
Blount is on the path of atonement: he has shown that he is sincere in his apology to the public, and he has continued to show up for practice and help out with the team. Not every man deserves a second chance, but some men can earn one. Blount has shown that he will be coming through a better person and a better athlete (mentality-wise) because of this ordeal.
Let Blount play again, and give him the second chance that he has earned.
That would explain why they had him going to practice even though he supposedly would never play with the Ducks again.