Wow - so much I've missed since I was last here.
If a player does something with willful intent - rape, physical assault, or what Haas did to this, and other, young women - then, yes, they should be gone. Period. You mess up a person's life FOREVER there should be serious consequences.
And he let Haas remain on the team - while KNOWING Hass lied to the young woman about being tested and KNOWING this wasn't just a one-time, accidental slip-up; he had, in fact infected SEVERAL other young women.
The university and the other young lady were dismissed from the case.
The case against Haas is
scheduled for jury trial July 26, 2022.
Really?
Please tell us of another NCAA Division I basketball program who has had a player knowingly infected someone with a STD. Can't wait to hear this one.
While we're waiting, lets discuss the true issue at hand here - the
Purdue Mentality.
Yeah, I know - the article is about football. But I quote the article because the author beautifully articulates this salient point:
From the article
"Purdue gets mocked quite a bit by other fan bases for having a little brother syndrome. We constantly view ourselves as the underdog not getting respect and not getting the love of the national media that we feel we deserve. As much as we fight back against that charge there is some truth to it. I don’t mind being categorized as the underdog. In fact, I embrace it.
The problem becomes when you let that mentality consume you, when you let it overtake you and it becomes your identity."
"
when you let that mentality consume you" - nothing, and I mean NOTHING - accurately describes the majority of the Purdue fanbase.
That mentality causes you to chant "IU sucks"
even when you aren't playing the Hoosiers.
That mentality causes you to
take a shot at IU even when you're having your a$$ handed to you by another team. (see Drunk Rowdy)
It's the mentality that insist they won a National Championship in 1932. The mentality that caused them to say ""We, frankly, are surprised, disappointed and puzzled by some of the recommendations," Athletic Director Morgan Burke said, adding that the university would appeal the decision. "Even if the findings are upheld on appeal, we consider some of the recommended penalties to be inappropriate and excessive." we
put on probation for breaking NCAA rules.
And the same mentality that ok'd Haas' actions and
gave the vote of confidence for Williams.
Let's see
those comments, shall we:
"The Purdue Athletic Department was made aware of an incident involving student Trevion Williams on the night of Oct. 21," the statement said. "The alleged incident was reviewed by law enforcement, campus officials and the athletics department. Trevion is an outstanding representative of this university, and it's unfortunate that he has to address accusations made that do not have merit and are unfounded. We consider the matter closed."
Wow!
Again - you can be 6'10", 255 lbs and it's ok to yank the door open of a restaurant and cause the manager to fall, all because you didn't get your french fries? At worst he would have been out what, $5 for a large order of fries? But, no, the actions scream "I'm Trevion Williams, bad-ass center for the Purdue
Boilermakers! WTF are my FRENCH FRIES?!?"
Doesn't matter your actions - you weren't arrested. And you're an important part of the team. Nothing to see here.
THIS is exactly why Purdue will fall short of a title again - KARMA.
Karma bites you in the A$$ when you don't toss a guy who knowingly infects others with incurable STD's by removing him for you.
Karma allows you to lose to the eventual national champs on a game you more than should have won had the player drunk/stoned at the wheel of his car with the accelerator to the floor misses the critical FT that could have sealed the game (does anything scream
PURDUE CHOKE more than the way they lost that Virginia game?).
But, hey, continue to support these "fine young men". I'd rather lose than be represented by that, but to each their own.
