Maurice Washington Faces Charges

It was a mistake suspending Mo for 1/2 game.  Either suspend him indefinitely or not at all.  The 1/2 game suspension can be portrayed as insufficient punishment for such an offense by disregarding that further punishment will happen once the legal issues are resolved.  I wouldn't have suspended him at all leaving people to speculate that the legal case against Mo is falling apart.  Once the legal process is done then hand out a punishment which if cleared, could include a short suspension for doing something that caused him to be charged, which happened while he was on the team.  I believe Frost would have suspended Mo indefinitely if he had committed the offense while part of the team regardless of how questionable the charges are.  I also believe Frost might kick him off the team if he is convicted of a felony.  This could go bad for Mo.

 
Did the video depict violence? Or is she calling it "violent" because the girl later stated it was unwelcome sex?
Severe and Benning were talking about the video this morning.  Severe has seen the video from his time at the OWH.  The girl is claiming it was unwelcome sex, as the video shows the boy having his hands on the back of her head, while she performed oral sex on the guy.

 
unless I am mistaken, I believe I read that the actual perpetrator of the sexual encounter and video maker received probation...for actually filming the incident and sharing it with Mo

 
It was a mistake suspending Mo for 1/2 game.  Either suspend him indefinitely or not at all.  The 1/2 game suspension can be portrayed as insufficient punishment for such an offense by disregarding that further punishment will happen once the legal issues are resolved.  I wouldn't have suspended him at all leaving people to speculate that the legal case against Mo is falling apart.  Once the legal process is done then hand out a punishment which if cleared, could include a short suspension for doing something that caused him to be charged, which happened while he was on the team.  I believe Frost would have suspended Mo indefinitely if he had committed the offense while part of the team regardless of how questionable the charges are.  I also believe Frost might kick him off the team if he is convicted of a felony.  This could go bad for Mo.


Except the 1/2 game suspension could also be for the drugs charge while he's already under scrutiny for the felony charges.

People presuming the suspension was for his part with this video need to not presume this.

 
It was a mistake suspending Mo for 1/2 game.  Either suspend him indefinitely or not at all.  The 1/2 game suspension can be portrayed as insufficient punishment for such an offense by disregarding that further punishment will happen once the legal issues are resolved.  I wouldn't have suspended him at all leaving people to speculate that the legal case against Mo is falling apart.  Once the legal process is done then hand out a punishment which if cleared, could include a short suspension for doing something that caused him to be charged, which happened while he was on the team.  I believe Frost would have suspended Mo indefinitely if he had committed the offense while part of the team regardless of how questionable the charges are.  I also believe Frost might kick him off the team if he is convicted of a felony.  This could go bad for Mo.


And Frost has lost a lot of credibility in terms of his "we want players that do the right thing" spiel from last year. 

 
Except the 1/2 game suspension could also be for the drugs charge while he's already under scrutiny for the felony charges.

People presuming the suspension was for his part with this video need to not presume this.


My assumption that the suspension on Saturday was just due to his overall actions, based on the CA charges and being cited for pot.  I actually thought he would be suspended for the entire game.

Then, when the CA charges have gone through the legal process, there could be additional punishment by the team/University (including being kicked out of school).

 
Here's the whole explanation about the proceedings. The way twitter embeds work, posting three tweets would have been a mess.

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My assumption that the suspension on Saturday was just due to his overall actions, based on the CA charges and being cited for pot.  I actually thought he would be suspended for the entire game.

Then, when the CA charges have gone through the legal process, there could be additional punishment by the team/University (including being kicked out of school).


I wouldn't presume the suspension had anything to do with the California case at all.

Anyone presuming Frost decided that was sufficient punishment for what Washington's charged with should wait until this all plays out.

 
unless I am mistaken, I believe I read that the actual perpetrator of the sexual encounter and video maker received probation...for actually filming the incident and sharing it with Mo


And this continues to get lost in the back and forth.  The kid that was actually there and made the video only received probation.

Why would MW get anything worse than that?

 
And Frost has lost a lot of credibility in terms of his "we want players that do the right thing" spiel from last year. 
I disagree.  Mo did this before he was part of the team.  Frost still wants high character players.  I suppose if you believe Frost knew about this incident when he brought Mo in then sure, lost credibility.  Being the first class the staff may not have had time to fully vet all the recruits.

 
Coaches and the University.  It's difficult to fully "punish" Mo given the current status of the charges and case.
Except the coaches and university already indefinitely suspended players that haven't even been charged with anything. Clearly they don't need the trial result to decide on a punishment.

So basically you just don't believe our legal system is based on the premise of innocent until proven guilty.
Except that the coaches and university aren't part of the legal system. See above.

I wouldn't presume the suspension had anything to do with the California case at all.

Anyone presuming Frost decided that was sufficient punishment for what Washington's charged with should wait until this all plays out.
But that's a big part of the problem with suspending Mo for a half without an explanation. Nobody knows why he was suspended, so now people just have to make an educated guess. Ham-fisted is the correct description of how this is being handled.

 
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