Von Pearson Update

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VFL-82-JP said:
Keep in mind Nashville has a significant # of Vandy fans. The poor, deluded fools. Includes my sister and brother-in-law. I think the Tennessean spends at least part of its time pandering to them when talking sports.
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It's a good point. Still annoying as hell.
 
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BleedingButch said:
I'd almost rather take arrests than the accusations he said she said that drags on for months.
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Have we determined who it is exactly that's giving the indefinite suspensions to these accused players? Is it the school, The AD, Butch Jones?

VFL-82-JP said:
Keep in mind Nashville has a significant # of Vandy fans. The poor, deluded fools. Includes my sister and brother-in-law. I think the Tennessean spends at least part of its time pandering to them when talking sports.
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I know this is just conjecture but what in the world would the Tennessean get for supporting a school with a notoriously horrible football program?
 
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Coug said:
I know this is just conjecture but what in the world would the Tennessean get for supporting a school with a notoriously horrible football program?
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A notoriously horrible football program at a school with many wealthy alumni. Light bulb heating up...and flash! Yep, there it is. Follow the $$.

I don't like it...believe me, with a sister (and brother-in-law) who are 'dore fans, a brother who went to Vandy Law, and two daughters who are students there now, I live and walk in a world of black & gold horror. But I do understand the Tennessean's attraction to the $$, nonetheless.


p.s. The silver lining in that personal horror story is that my brother remains a solid and life-long Vols fan, regardless of where he got his law degree. :)
 
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Coug said:
Have we determined who it is exactly that's giving the indefinite suspensions to these accused players? Is it the school, The AD, Butch Jones?


It depends what a player is suspended for, if it's for a violation of team rules it's almost certainly the head football coach.
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Saw someone post here about Shy being on the roster. I'd hope so. He and butcher lived two rooms down from me last semester and he's one room across from me in summer school. Not seen Butcher recently though, see Shy almost every day.
 
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The Tennessean doesn't really "support" Vandy. They made their rape case frontpage news for months.
 
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Aesius said:
The Tennessean doesn't really "support" Vandy. They made their rape case frontpage news for months.
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It was a rape case on the campus in the same city...they couldn't exactly ignore it. :unsure:
 
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VFL-82-JP said:
A notoriously horrible football program at a school with many wealthy alumni. Light bulb heating up...and flash! Yep, there it is. Follow the $$.

I don't like it...believe me, with a sister (and brother-in-law) who are 'dore fans, a brother who went to Vandy Law, and two daughters who are students there now, I live and walk in a world of black & gold horror. But I do understand the Tennessean's attraction to the $$, nonetheless.


p.s. The silver lining in that personal horror story is that my brother remains a solid and life-long Vols fan, regardless of where he got his law degree. :)
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I'm not sure the Tennessean cares so much about what wealthy alumni Vandy may have so much as they care about what they are: despite the name, it's Nashville's newspaper. And Vanderbilt is located in Nashville. They're the perceived "hometown favorite", just like ETSU is in Johnson City and MTSU is in Murfreesboro, particularly by the large urban newspaper reporter types. Obviously, the Tennessean, JCP, and DNJ all cover the Vols beat, as that's a topic of statewide and national interest to many, but naturally they don't carry the same type of in-depth coverage that the KNS, Knoxville's paper, does.

Just re-reading this comment, I can already tell someone's going to take it the wrong way, so let me clarify...obviously, there are far more Vols fans than Vandy fans in Nashville. But Vandy is a local thing. That's just how it is. If someone can't or isn't willing to understand that distinction in context, too bad.

And good for your brother!
 
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VFL-82-JP said:
A notoriously horrible football program at a school with many wealthy alumni. Light bulb heating up...and flash! Yep, there it is. Follow the $$.

I don't like it...believe me, with a sister (and brother-in-law) who are 'dore fans, a brother who went to Vandy Law, and two daughters who are students there now, I live and walk in a world of black & gold horror. But I do understand the Tennessean's attraction to the $$, nonetheless.


p.s. The silver lining in that personal horror story is that my brother remains a solid and life-long Vols fan, regardless of where he got his law degree. :)
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The fact is that they're all "closet" UT Vol fans. Their inferiority complexes refuse to accept their "inner orange"
 
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Coug said:
Have we determined who it is exactly that's giving the indefinite suspensions to these accused players? Is it the school, The AD, Butch Jones?

I know this is just conjecture but what in the world would the Tennessean get for supporting a school with a notoriously horrible football program?
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Pretty sure the immediate and indefinite suspension is Butch's policy. I'm sure Hart and the university are in accord, but suspending a player indefinitely without an arrest, charge or conviction would likely fall under the HC's purview.

The Tennessean supports click bait, and anything they can sensationalize is fair game. They do seem more venomous toward UT, but then, we're more newsworthy. Seeing a Tennessean article is like a bad car wreck-- you don't want to look, but sometimes, you just can't help it.
 
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NashVOL93 said:
I'm not sure the Tennessean cares so much about what wealthy alumni Vandy may have so much as they care about what they are: despite the name, it's Nashville's newspaper. And Vanderbilt is located in Nashville. They're the perceived "hometown favorite"...Obviously, the Tennessean, JCP, and DNJ all cover the Vols beat, as that's a topic of statewide and national interest to many...
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Yeah, I think you're right. They're the hometown team for this paper. Plus the density of Vandy-to-Vols fans is higher around Nashville than elsewhere in the state (the Tennessean wants to be THE state-wide newspaper, but recognizes that they're strongest in middle Tennessee). The Tennessean also caters to the business leaders of Nashville and middle Tennessee, for the advertising $$ ... a disproportionate share of whom are Vandy fans. So it's the $$ talking and the hometown angle --> pandering to the densest expected reader base. They're not dumb at the paper ... homers and some dirtbags, sure, but not dumb. Least, that's how it appears to an outsider. I certainly have no contacts on the editorial board of the rag.

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The fact is that they're all "closet" UT Vol fans. Their inferiority complexes refuse to accept their "inner orange"
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Haha, yeah, I wish there were a way to force them all to recognize their inner orangeness! Might drive some of them insane, the sudden self-awareness. :)
 
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247 has a new update if anyone has access :whistling:


"We also have our weekly update on the perhaps-more-promising status of suspended Tennessee senior wide receiver Von Pearson and his situation. The Vols' second-leading receiver from last season seems to be doing everything he can do to get back in the program, but obviously his fate might not totally be up to him at this point. Things seem to be looking a little better for him these days, though, and we have more on that this week"
 
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UT Hill Man said:
247 has a new update if anyone has access :whistling:


"We also have our weekly update on the perhaps-more-promising status of suspended Tennessee senior wide receiver Von Pearson and his situation. The Vols' second-leading receiver from last season seems to be doing everything he can do to get back in the program, but obviously his fate might not totally be up to him at this point. Things seem to be looking a little better for him these days, though, and we have more on that this week"
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It's another non update. Ugh.

There’s been no big breakthrough in the past week regarding the status of suspended Vols senior wide receiver Von Pearson, who remains in limbo while awaiting results of a local police investigation into an alleged rape that occurred off campus this offseason.

Pearson still hasn’t been charged in the matter, and there’s growing optimism within the program that he won’t be charged, but obviously local police will have the final say in that matter.

As we’ve reported on multiple occasions, Pearson took care of his business academically this spring and would have enrolled in classes this summer if not for the investigation. And we continue to hear that Pearson — the Vols’ second-leading receiver in 2014 despite playing most of the season with a high ankle sprain — will be reinstated if he isn’t charged in the matter.
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Von is working out with the team, has his academics in order and should be fine. You're not going to see anyone with 247 say that until its official but I wouldn't worry about Von.
 
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SaluteToTheHill said:
Von is working out with the team, has his academics in order and should be fine. You're not going to see anyone with 247 say that until its official but I wouldn't worry about Von.
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So, if he's "suspended", but is working out with the team, and participating in team activities, what exactly does being "suspended" entail?
 
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NashVOL93 said:
So, if he's "suspended", but is working out with the team, and participating in team activities, what exactly does being "suspended" entail?
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This is kinda the gray area teams like to operate in. He was indefinitely suspended and you wont see him at any "official organized team activity" but how much of that is going on right now? He's getting work in with his team mates, he's staying in shape, and at some point he will be back with the team "officially" barring any new details coming to light which at this point seems unlikely.
 
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#973
Rockytoptn83 said:
It's another non update. Ugh.
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I apologize in advance for these questions, because I'm sure they are covered but this thread has become such a nightmare I couldn't find it-

The "update" called the situation an alleged rape-is that true? I thought the accusation was that Von "only" exposed himself to a girl (I definitely remember people comparing it to streaking). Is there now more to the accusations than was originally the case?
Also, why not take summer classes? He's obviously around campus, and seems like it would be a great time for him to take a few and lessen the pressure of the fall semester. Does the suspension affect the terms of his scholarship so that classes might not have been covered?
 
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volgrad500 said:
The "update" called the situation an alleged rape-is that true? I thought the accusation was that Von "only" exposed himself to a girl (I definitely remember people comparing it to streaking). Is there now more to the accusations than was originally the case?

Also, why not take summer classes? He's obviously around campus, and seems like it would be a great time for him to take a few and lessen the pressure of the fall semester. Does the suspension affect the terms of his scholarship so that classes might not have been covered?
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I don't think anyone here knows, 500. If they do, they're certainly not talking (and probably for the best). All we ever had here was 3rd-hand info (we heard it from a frat member who heard it from the alleged victim). So nothing on this site is for sure. Nothing on many of these football blogs is for sure, either; it's quite possible the folks who wrote that article know little actual fact, and sloppily used the word "rape" without knowing. Bottom line: we don't know. Might never know.

As for why he's not taking summer classes in the first summer term, I guess he (1) didn't need to and (2) didn't want to. He is a senior...it's entirely possible the required workload for the fall term (the load he has to take in the fall to remain eligible for the team) is enough for him to graduate anyway ... so taking summer classes would serve little to no purpose. It's also quite possible he couldn't care less about a college diploma, and will only take the course load required to play. That's just supposition, of course.
 
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At this point, I would say he has not been charged with a crime and is innocent until proven guilty, or at least charged with a crime. Let him play until he is charged.

CBJ did what was right, and suspended him to allow the process to work. Well, there has been ample time to investigate and decide to either charge or drop it. No need to punish him now if he may never be charged. This is unjust on the face of it. You have been accused. We haven't decided to charge you with anything, but somebody may have said something might have happened somewhere at sometime. You are now a pariah, go away.

Whatever happened to this country? What ever happened to the ideals it was founded on? Do we no longer care enough about justice, fairness, and the written law?

Maybe I'm just in a bad mood today.
 
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