Tulsa World: OU All-America football player arrested for seatbelt violation

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	Report Comment Have that, America (4/15/2009 2:09:03 PM) haha... 1) wear your seatbelt! 2) if you get a ticket, pay it! 3) if you are suppose to go to court, GO! these are not complicated ideas. cant believe he had a warrent issued for almost 2 full months without even being notified or anything...I mean, its not like he has been hiding!!!
	Report Comment DK, Tulsa (4/15/2009 2:21:07 PM) Jermaine, that is a $20-25 ticket! What were you thinking? You would have to go to court just like any other traffic violation if you don't pay the fine.
	Report Comment SoCal Fan, Broken Arrow (4/15/2009 2:21:39 PM) If you play on a college team, DON'T BREAK THE LAW. Did you learn from past Sooners?
	Report Comment Peter Piper, TULSA (4/15/2009 2:26:31 PM) Many times these superstar jocks seem to feel they are above the law---success apparently goes to their head--
	Report Comment Arbythree, Tulsa (4/15/2009 2:32:00 PM) Penalty flag to Anna Conda for unsportsmanlike conduct!!!!
	Report Comment seymore1965, Tulsa (4/15/2009 2:36:24 PM) Things like this happen. What can you do?
	Report Comment DowntownDan, Tulsa (4/15/2009 2:40:51 PM) Kick him off the team! jk. But as an OU all-american, I doubt it will be financial tough for him to pay the ticket. They're the highest paid athletes in the state (after the Thunder)
	Report Comment Matt in BA, Broken Arrow (4/15/2009 2:54:14 PM) isn't it nice the Norman PD is paying attention to the OU football players, making sure they wear their seatbelts so they don't get hurt in a car wreck. Hey Jermain, you should wear the seatbelt at the first game this year.
	Report Comment 007Dad, (4/15/2009 2:58:03 PM) Is this really news?? Who cares!!!!!!
	Report Comment shaw411, Scottsdale, AZ (4/15/2009 2:58:49 PM) Click it or ticket!
	Report Comment mgsooner, (4/15/2009 2:59:25 PM) Come on Jermaine. Get your head out. DowntownDan, if you're counting the scholarship money they get as income, then University of Tulsa scholarship athletes are the 2nd highest paid in the state.
	Report Comment Arbythree, Tulsa (4/15/2009 3:05:26 PM) Good one mgsooner.
	Report Comment SS_Hippy, Tulsa (4/15/2009 3:09:34 PM) Yeah, or didn't you learn from recent Southern Cal teams?
	Report Comment lucky girl, (4/15/2009 3:10:57 PM) tell him have that! same goes for all of us.
	Report Comment Lance-a-lot, Tulsa (4/15/2009 3:15:27 PM) What a joke... an arrest over seatbelts? What a stupid nanny state law anyway. He should have had an agent buy his parents a house and get wads of cash like Reggie Bush... no way he would have gotten in trouble then.
	Report Comment T.B'Ville, Bartlesville (4/15/2009 3:19:46 PM) Good grief. What a waste of time and resouces. Couldnt they sent him a letter or something. Im sure he forgot.
	Report Comment FaithnHim, Crested Bute, CO (4/15/2009 3:33:02 PM) Is this for real? Failure to pay a ticket (seatbelt violation none the less) gets the kid thrown in jail. Yes, he should wear his seat belt and yes he should have paid the fine - but give me a break. We have felony offenders, repeat drug users, repeat sex offenders on the streets and we put a kid in jail for this...Unbelievable!
	Report Comment golfwife, (4/15/2009 3:39:44 PM) Wow, a police force out to prove something! What a shame they had to make such a big issue out of a seat belt violation.
	Report Comment tulsatk74115, Tulsa (4/15/2009 3:44:24 PM) Seat belt laws for adults are just like car seat laws for kids. Anyone over the age of 30 grew up without being belted into the car or in a car seat and shucks we are still alive!
	Report Comment Graychin, Eucha (4/15/2009 4:38:17 PM) The headline is misleading. He wasn't arrested for a seatbelt violation. He was arrested for thumbing his nose at a ticket.
	Report Comment Scott Smith, Tulsa (4/15/2009 4:44:33 PM) Equal enforcement of the law for players in Norman? Who'da thunk? I'm just surprised a booster didn't pay the fine for him. ;)
	Report Comment wdc68, Arlington (4/15/2009 5:03:41 PM) Hold it! Hold it! Hold it! I live in the DFW area and I had a few outstanding toll tag fees - which made no sense because i had $ on my account, but since the liscence tag changed, they didn't charge it to my account. I finally saw some old letters about this fee. I called the toll tag people and they had my home address, home phone, AND email! But they only sent a generic letter. When I went to the court house, the clerk said "we will lift your warrant". I'm like WHAT????? Just because people have warrants out for them does NOT mean they KNOW they have warrants out for them. This is a waste of taxpayer's money. I'm off the mic!!!
	Report Comment Incredulous, (4/15/2009 6:16:55 PM) If you are at all interested in OU athletics you must be interested in the enforcment of ALL laws in Noeman. I am sure that Florida and California schools are salivating at the REDNECK ways os Oklahoma.
	Report Comment Incredulous, (4/15/2009 6:20:20 PM) I thought you would appreciate the misspellings.
	Report Comment GrannyTazzy, Tulsa (4/15/2009 6:54:44 PM) I thought you could just go downtown or wherever it is in OKC and pay your fine. Why why why didnt' u do this? Silly boy Now your gonna owe more!!

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