Von Pearson Update

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UTandUNC said:
You're a damn fool...."the unfair impression is that we encourage assault on women"? That's embarrassing coming from a Vol fans mouth. Why don't you show some examples of this "encouragement"? Wow...
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:lol: You from the 20s? Ever read the Tennessean? Any other publication? I didn't write the articles depicting the campus as such...I mock em on this forum...anybody else think I made that up? :hmm:
 
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UTandUNC said:
You're a damn fool...."the unfair impression is that we encourage assault on women"? That's embarrassing coming from a Vol fans mouth. Why don't you show some examples of this "encouragement"? Wow...
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Peruse...maybe the "encourage " was an exaggeration but that's what the other schools are trying to use against us...even tho there's not been anything close to an actual conviction. Not embarrassed. :)UT, Vols the subject of federal sexual violence investigation | CollegeFootballTalk
 
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doctorchoice said:
Limbo: The Strange Case of Von Pearson | Blank Newspaper

This story on something called blank news says that this happened at Hodges Library. This leads to this question; Did Von Pearson whip it out in the library?
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Interesting. The last two days of finals were May 4th and 5th. They probably lifted his suspension just to let him take his finals. Also, I took classes over the summer and I too saw Von around campus and at TRECS multiple times. Obviously it was just his doppelganger.
 
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VOLatileOrange said:
Interesting. The last two days of finals were May 4th and 5th. They probably lifted his suspension just to let him take his finals. Also, I took classes over the summer and I too saw Von around campus and at TRECS multiple times. Obviously it was just his doppelganger.
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daj2576 said:
From a purely political stand point, it would be suicide to be seen as rushing a sex crime investigation. Secondarily, it would be of no benefit to the long term goals of the football program.

You should read Benedict's "The System: The Glory and Scandal of Big Time College Football." Not only is UT mentioned predominately in it's own chapter, but multiple chapters are devoted to sex crimes and athletes. The narrative is pretty even handed, told from both sides of the situation and from a third perspective of the prosecutors of these cases.

Some interesting snippets:

"1) A criminal complaint against an...athlete for sexual assault is far more likely to result in arrest and an indictment (than the national average). 2) Athletes are significantly less likely to be convicted (than the national average)."

and

"As a result [of legal defense teams that athletes, even college athletes are provided] prosecutors are much less likely to charge an accused athlete in a date rape case unless the evidence and the accuser are rock solid."

but

"...jurors are reluctant to convict athletes of sexual assault when the accuser has willingly gone to a player's bedroom or otherwise put herself in a compromising situation."

When interviewed about this phenomenon, some jurors believed that "the athletes had been sufficiently punished for the crime when they lost the opportunity to play college football."

Here is the most chilling finding of all, "male student-athletes made up just 3 percent of the male student population yet were responsible for more than 19 percent of the reported sexual assaults on campus."
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I thouroghly enjoyed that book!
 
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VolBoyFord said:
Some people (very few) solely rely on being good enough at a sport to go professional and make a living doing it. Not only because of their skill level, but intelligence can play a part there. (If you think EVERYONE in the nation is cut out for school, you're a fool). So in retrospect they could be ruining his chance at a career by dragging this out as long as they have. I'm not saying he didn't do it, reinstate him, at all. If he's guilty he needs to be dealt with properly. But with the amount of time, and what appears to be a very serious lack of evidence, something is missing with this case. And this player is being exploited. IMHO.

Tl;dr By missing out on his last season of play because of a crime he may or may not have committed, he is being severely punished and could ruin his life
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Anyone else's life and career would be tanked as well. Pearson likely recovers and gets drafted regardless even if it costs him a bit. With the average Joe Blow, most companies wouldn't touch them even if proven innocent.
 
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Jayson Swain said this morning that he was 50/50 on whether Von will be back with the team. Before he was 90% sure that he would be proved innocent. He believes that bc of the microscope on TN and the handling of alleged rape case could cause TN offcialS to hold Von out either way.

Swain usually doesn't say things just to say them and he is sill very connected to the program if true this is ver bad for Von and our program. If guilty good riddance, but if not let the young play PERIOD!!!!!
 
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govols2008 said:
Jayson Swain said this morning that he was 50/50 on whether Von will be back with the team. Before he was 90% sure that he would be proved innocent. He believes that bc of the microscope on TN and the handling of alleged rape case could cause TN offcialS to hold Von out either way.

Swain usually doesn't say things just to say them and he is sill very connected to the program if true this is ver bad for Von and our program. If guilty good riddance, but if not let the young play PERIOD!!!!!
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Swain came in to my work about a month ago or so. I talked football for a very short period of time. One question of course was what's the odds in VP. He told me the "A month ago" that it was only 50/50. So seems like his opinion has stayed the same.
 
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lionfoorest said:
Swain came in to my work about a month ago or so. I talked football for a very short period of time. One question of course was what's the odds in VP. He told me the "A month ago" that it was only 50/50. So seems like his opinion has stayed the same.
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that's a cool story
 
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