This is becoming the norm for every D1 program, some just hide it better than others. You would have thought the other athletes would have learned by Blackmon's recent mistake but these athletes think they are untouchable.

I guarantee there are 2 hungry players on the sidelines keeping their noses clean ready to replace these guys.

The coaches need to lay down the law when this stuff occurs. Obviously the slap on the wrist isn't deterring them at all.

Where were these type articles when Blackmon was arrested? And where are the front page mug shots of these two?

osu1923, you're right on the money! When Blackmon got in trouble some of the locals were ready for him to miss the rest of the year. These guys do it and we're writing it off to 'good kids making bad choices' and being a freshman. There's a real double standard that's become all too obvious.

ALL of the rules and laws are well layed out for student athletes on scholarship during (multiple) occassions each year.
Do we honestly think that breaking the law types of rules need to be gone over? Naaaaaa.
Live and learn is certainly one approach. But not one that you would want your 18 or 19 year old to learn, I would bet.
I hope these guys learn! Some other former OU atheletes were dismissed and or did jail time for a variety of crimes ranging from shoplifting to DUI.
Scholarship athletes need to be held accountable because it is not fair to the the men and women on any team who follow all the rules, stay out of trouble with the police yet do not get all bills paid at college.
IF you are gonna dance..then you need to pay the fidler...

They're stupid college kids. I love how judgemental everyone is. Are some of you saying a non-athlete getting an engineering degree should sit out a year because they get popped for a DUI? Stoops will handle it.

BOOMER

For all you OSU homers complaining and comparing Blackmon to this...let's not forget...Blackmon was in control of a vehicle...intoxicated...and driving at an extreme speed...intoxicated...with passengers...while intoxicated. Enough of the bias crap. No one deserves to lose a year for something like this. If so, let's monitor every single scholarship student and have a council that makes sure everyone is treated the same...band, engineering, or basket weaving...etc... Some of this is simply juvenile commentary and explains why you aren't coaches... Just my opinion...

Frank Opinion- Blackmon wasn't necessarily accused of being intoxicated. In TX if they smell alcohol on your breath and you're under the age of 21 it's an automatic DUI. I'm not condoning what the kid did, but the fact they let another minor bail him out for I think around $300 indicates it wasn't that serious.

Frank, I agree with much of what you posted, except for the three times you stated, incorrectly, that Black was intoxicated. He was not.

He was arrested under Texas's "no-tolerance" rule for minors after successfully passing two field sobriety tests and before the arresting officer was quoted as saying that no BAC test was administered because there was no evidence at the scene that the young man was intoxicated.

His bond was $300, the officer explained to him that the arrest would not even be considered an alcohol-driving offense, was more comparable to MIP, would not require the surrender of his license, and was in the class of misdemeanors in their jurisdiction comparable to being caught sober in a public park after curfew. Had Black's birthday been in October rather than January, he would have been allowed back behind the wheel.

I think we all know that a lot of kids make stupid mistakes when they go to college. Very few of us can say we didn't. The ironic part to me is that on a campus of 25,000+ that the only kids that we hear about getting caught drinking and then having it published in the paper the next day are athletes. The old saying "college athletes are treated just like the other students" is so far from reality. These kids live in a fish bowl and are preyed on by the police and the media. I have a child at OU who is friends with some of the athletes and told me that on weekend nights that on numerous occasions that there is always a police car sitting just down the block. Do we really believe that it's just coincidental? I'm agree that the kids should be more responsible in what they do, but I don't believe it is by accident that the police are always "just down the street or around the corner". We all know other students get caught at OU, OSU, etc., but we never see their name in the paper. So lets not be so naive that these kids are treated equally and be so quick to pass judgement. I doubt that anybody would make a big deal out of "Joe engineering student at OU getting arrested". Joe engineer can have an accident just as easily as Joe athlete.