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"Troubled Players Need More Than Justice System"

Started by TheNorm, July 23, 2015, 10:50:26 AM

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TheNorm

Texas Longhorns Coach Charlie Strong gets it.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/13302948/charlie-strong-texas-longhorns-weary-domestic-violence-excuses

Quote"A lot of times (coaches) think, 'Well I can help him.' But are they helping him?" Strong said in an interview with ESPN while visiting the network's main campus. "If you see a young man with issues, you have to surround him with enough people to help change his life. If you can't surround him with enough people to help change his life, you can say all you want, but the kid is never going to change."

Strong has taken a hard stance on discipline since taking over at Texas last season.

"There is no way a guy should hit a woman," he said. "There is no reason for it. If it happens, you need to find somewhere else to play. It isn't hard. Sometimes people think it's hard. You have values. Treat women with respect. No drugs. No weapons. How hard is that? I don't get it."
"But it is not enough for me to stand before you tonight and condemn riots. It would be morally irresponsible for me to do that without, at the same time, condemning the contingent, intolerable conditions that exist in our society. These conditions are the things that cause individuals to feel that they have no other alternative than to engage in violent rebellions to get attention. And I must say tonight that a riot is the language of the unheard. And what is it America has failed to hear? It has failed to hear that the plight of the negro poor has worsened over the last twelve or fifteen years. It has failed to hear that the promises of freedom and justice have not been met. And it has failed to hear that large segments of white society are more concerned about tranquility and the status quo than about justice and humanity." - Martin Luther King, Jr

rollntider

I like it. I  know Saban took a guy this year that had domestic abuse issues and was given a 0 strikes and you are out.

http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2015/3/28/8307143/jonathan-taylor-arrested-alabama-football-player-georgia

The girl later recanted and said she made it up because she was pissed at him for something.