I know a lot of people will be very interested in the fact that Tennessee reinstated Von Pearson after the decision was made to not charge him with a crime for lack of evidence. He was one of the better receivers for the Vols last season and adds to an already scary WR corp, they will be really deep if they get their freshman WR, Preston Williams, back.
Von Pearson Reinstated at Tennessee
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Much like the Tubman case but yet he got kicked out of school and Pearson is back on the team. I think it's BS how the standards are so different at different schools. I don't know what happen in the situation but he wasn't charged and I think it's unfair to Lloyd.
Schools shouldn't even be allowed to investigate sexual assault cases. That should be left to law enforcement professionals and if/when a determination is made of guilt or innocence or until charges are dropped, then schools should expel or reinstate. I think it's fine to suspend a student until a determination is made one way or the other, but expelling a student that hasn't been proven guilty of anything undermines the presumption of innocence that we as Americans have a right to.
I tend to agree. But unlike other criminal or felonious acts, sexual assault/harassment is a Title IX issue and schools are required to "investigate" such incidents. Failure to do so puts millions of dollars of Federal money at risk.
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Any word on Pearson's eligibility? He was suspended from school last semester and didn't finish the semester (at least to my knowledge), so is he academically eligible to play?
Yeah I'm saying the law needs to change, not that schools aren't following the law as currently written. Though schools can choose to suspend rather than expel until police investigations are through.
I work in Tennessee and the only thing the guys I work with said was that he would play this season. Didn't say anything about a time frame of when that would be. Might bet is it's sooner than later cause he's good.
He was suspended after classes had ended though I'm not sure if he was able to take final exams or whether he even had any finals. If he needed, I'm sure he could sit for finals for those classes.
What a joke of a program...UT and UL should compare notes and the its all about winning mentality
Please explain why Tenn is a joke of a problem? Is it because a person was falsely accused of a crime and now he's able to continue his life as a student athlete? Von is a very good student, his grades have been in the upper 3's and has had no off the field issues at JuCo or UT until a girl tried to ruin his life. Explain to me why he shouldn't be at UT when the judicial system looked at this case and deemed it not worth preceding any further because their was no evidence of rape or even sex though DNA and a rape kit?
Had he been at UK he'd be wearing a Scarlet Letter for the next 50 years. Our village idiots are bent on punishing innocent people for all eternity.
Thank god we have you to lead the village. This topic is a broken record. UT has had 6 players that played last year accused of sexual assault this year. I have absolutely no faith in the judicial system in Knoxville Tennessee when it is tied to the best Wide receiver on their team. You believe what you like and I'll keep the skepticism that UT has earned over years of looking the other way.
The UK player that was accused should of never been dismissed from school. UT suspended Von until all of this was settled by the DA and then he was allowed back by the university. JMO but I think that's the way to do it. I hope this never happens again at UT or UK but I guarantee you if it does UK will handle it different next time. The UK players life was ruined when it didn't have to be that way.
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UT represents everything wrong with college football.
- 6 players accused of sexual assault in less than a year
- one of if not the highest cost of living stipend in NCAA so they can legally throw more money at a recruit than the next guy. Because God knows it's unbearably expensive to live in Knoxville Tennessee.
- over sign recruits whenever possible knowing full well they don't have room for them and then managing out of the program as needed.
If the kid is innocent then I'm glad justice was served. But it wouldn't surprise me in the least if this was covered up in that town.
That and he wasn't charged, DNA was negative. Rape kit was negative.
6 players weren't accused in less than a year. 6 players were accused over 4 years. Not that that makes it better, but still.
The COA was set before there was any stipend discussed.
Look at the number of players taken buy UK in last 4 years 99 to Tennessee 104. Hmmm.
Some fans on this board have already said the number of recruits you have now exceeds number graduating and the 85 number. If you take more, and you likely will imo, it will be because some guys moved on.
The fact is YOU need to get your facts straight. Truth is that the number you refer to is over the last four years . The only other incidents from last year is AJ and Michael Williams. Three incidents is still too much but you're doubling the number which is dishonest
So, the 99 to one long shot that he would be suspended didn't come through. And truthfully if he wasn't indicted by the GJ then he shouldn't have been suspended IMO, just like Tubman shouldn't have been at UK.
The problems with TU is the TU case (among MANY others) where 8 football thugs kicked TWO victims while down into the hospital, hard to talk about your arrest records with a straight face when incidents like that result in ZERO charges being filed.
I don't know anything about this particular case, but if he was quitly or anyone else for that matter, they should be punished in a like manner. But I also know that these young ladies sometimes target athletes and afterwards have buyer's remorse and start yelling assault/rape. They should also be held accountable for their actions too. What school is it that is requiring a signed written contract before a couple can engage in sexual activity. I would have been pissed if my pen was out of ink.
It's kind of scary just how quickly a young guys life can be completely ruined by false accusations these days..what happened to innocent until proven guilty? Pressure is being put on college & pro football (and sports in general) by those that feel women are ALWAYS the ones being oppressed and men are just a bunch of vicious animals that do nothing but take advantage of them..even when these guys are found innocent or charges are dropped a couple months down the road by that time the damage is done..they're long gone from the team and their reputation, their playing career and their families' reputation are permanently ruined..it's scary because they don't even wait anymore..as soon as a guy is even ACCUSED he is immediately kicked off the team because the coaches and administration know that keeping that player on the team will get them fired quicker than having a winless season..I'd be scared to death to have son that was a college athlete in today's society
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truth is that at every school - UT and also KU - things like that occur. I recall several years ago Chuck Hayes being accussed and nothing came of it legally, so I'm not saying everything at UT is perfect just as it is not perfect EVERYWHERE (KU included). My point is that when you write something write the facts, which Pike96 didn't.
Actually, that's false... 5 of the players have been accused in the past year. The other one is Marlin Lane who was accused in 2015. http://www.tennessean.com/story/new...ch-sexual-violence-investigation-ut/30251729/
The same people here saying that Tennessee should have kicked this guy off their team are the same people who said that Tubman should be allowed to play at UK because there wasn't even enough evidence to take it to trial. It goes both ways.
If the kid didn't do it, I'm happy for him that it didn't ruin his college football career, because that's unfair to anybody, to have a career ruined based on unsubstantial accusations.
If he did do it, and he wasn't charged, I hope it catches up to him in a hurry, and he pays for his crime.
Assuming that the kid is innocent though, Tennessee made the right call. The same call that I firmly believe Tubman deserved to have here.
If the kid didn't do it, I'm happy for him that it didn't ruin his college football career, because that's unfair to anybody, to have a career ruined based on unsubstantial accusations.
If he did do it, and he wasn't charged, I hope it catches up to him in a hurry, and he pays for his crime.
Assuming that the kid is innocent though, Tennessee made the right call. The same call that I firmly believe Tubman deserved to have here.
I live in California and now in California, a college student accused of rape needs to prove that he is innocent rather than the other party prove he is guilty. Though I enjoy living in California, I would never, under any circumstances let any male offspring of mine attend a California college or university. That law throws the presumption of innocence out the window.
Yeah it was 6 players over 4 years, but only 5 were reported to the police which are the only 5 I find remotely credible. And, to get to 5 I was also including the one who was no longer a player by the time he was accused. Otherwise, it would have been 4. And, then if I take out the one where the accused player's "victim" said she didn't want to prosecute as long as the player didn't break up with her, the number drops down to 3. Nevertheless, 1 is too many if even a single case is true.
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Wow! You must really be in the know. He was released due to lack of evidence; however, you seem to know for sure that he was "falsely accused". How do you know for sure that it was a false accusation? Did the female say she was lying?
This is just another example of why UK will never win an SEC championship in football. The UT player is back on the team and our guy is expelled from school. We play in the dirtiest conference in college football and we're the nice guys. Nice guys finish last and I'm sick of it. I guaran-damn-tee you if Tubman played basketball at UK he would still be in school.
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So did u not write the facts jerkoff? Clearly you are big on facts...just like your school. Your own Frick in newspaper says it was 6 and you say it was 3. The only thing I got wrong was that one case occurred in 2013.
Your cesspool of a program has to have a Federal investigation because of all the sexual assaults swept under the rug. Everybody does it though right...
Well the lack of evidence was a negative DNA test and negative rape kit. I'd say that is pretty substantial lack of evidence wouldn't you?
Pike...though the Tennessean sensationalized the Federal Investigation, they are investigating 106 institutions because it is a wide spread problem.
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/7011422
Total bullshit. Show me anything factual where the one victim said she didn't want to prosecute if the player didn't break up with her. Internet BS. There is a Federal Investigation because of all the sexual assaults that are "investigated" and then not prosecuted and you have the balls to split hairs and minimize it. I stand by my original statement. What a joke of a program. Karma will come back around
Of course there is. That is why Williams and Johnson are facing a jury In September. If they are guilty I hope they go away for a long time. If not guilty I hope they can get on with their lives and be productive citizens.
I guess if they are found not guilty you will accuse the jury of being corrupt. I'm not so jaded on people.
I wrote off the ability for any true justice to take place at Tennessee when it came to someone on the football team that was deemed a difference maker 5ish years ago when that 5 star freshman safety who was your next Eric Berry was on video tape coming out of the store where the players he was with robbed it with a pellet gun....and he was playing two weeks later.
Although I'm sure it was "investigated" and he was deemed an upstanding member of your team. He left the team thereafter(must have been to start that mission) and I'm sure he's in jail now BUT you got to use him for the rest of the season....surprise surprise
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