Maurice Washington Faces Charges

Fru said:
Great question. 
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I really wouldn’t care. Knowing the details this feels like a misdemeanor to me. A 40 year old man with kid porn should be a felony. A kid the same age as the other kids in the video doesn’t seem like a felony to me. I’m not in awe of what the courts say this is, our court system is a joke anyway. My guess is the national media don’t think much about it. Has anyone heard of anyone outside of Nebraska talking about if he will play the last 30 days? Not your friends friend in Iowa. Media 

i havnt

 
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Fru said:
Punishing? More like waiting to make a calculated decision.

“Let’s wait to see if you’re convicted of a felony before you get to play” seems reasonable to me. 

Are we really going to act like he hasn’t earned some time on the bench?  

^^^That. 
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If he sits you are punishing him...you realize it's the exact same thing as being suspended from playing. What if it ends up being a simple misdemeanor but gets pushed back another month. Now the kid sat a month for jack squat. 

 
Blackshirt316 said:
 I care about what is right, not about how it looks. You either sit him till his case is resolved or you play him.

IMO until it is determined he even is accused of something that is actually illegal or not he should be allowed to play.

Besides if you care about optics, sitting him against So. Alabama and then playing him against Colorado would look worse. We arent just talking one game here.
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He has been accused. He’s also been charged. I don’t think it’d look worse if it’s resolved by then. 

Nebfanatic said:
I think you are overblowing how the national media will react to this. Jimbo Fisher is just fine...
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Maybe I am. My fear, as I’ve said several times, is a potential sh!t storm from the media, MeToo, Twitter mob, etc. If sitting him insulates Frost and NU from that, then I’m okay with it. Mo has put himself, SF, and the University in a tough spot. 

 
Hedley Lamarr said:
If he sits you are punishing him...you realize it's the exact same thing as being suspended from playing. What if it ends up being a simple misdemeanor but gets pushed back another month. Now the kid sat a month for jack squat. 
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Being punished for having a court date where you may end up as a felon, doesn’t seem terribly unreasonable to me. Like I said, I think he’s earned some time on the bench. 

Sure that could happen. What if it ends up being a felony? 

Innocent until proven guilty doesn’t mean one is free of consequence. 

 
Hedley Lamarr said:
If he sits you are punishing him...you realize it's the exact same thing as being suspended from playing. What if it ends up being a simple misdemeanor but gets pushed back another month. Now the kid sat a month for jack squat. 
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This is the big question the University has to weigh. 

If it's nothing and someone in the situation is lying, Mo is getting punished by sitting him for being caught up in a sham.

If it turns out to be something very serious, the University looks bad for playing him.

I guess if I were the University, I would have to look at what they know and make a judgement call.  From what I read, I would probably play him, but he would definitely know that if it is proven to be a very serious and credible complaint, there might be further punishment or suspension from the team coming later.

 
Fru said:
Being punished for having a court date where you may end up as a felon, doesn’t seem terribly unreasonable to me. Like I said, I think he’s earned some time on the bench. 

Sure that could happen. What if it ends up being a felony? 

Innocent until proven guilty doesn’t mean one is free of consequence. 
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How did he earn time on the bench when this happened before he arrived? I mean s#!t, he's played a whole season since this incident happened. Someone made a good point further up. Is anyone else besides Husker fans fretting over this? Because Mo is on the depth chart and has been practicing. By all accounts seems like he will play and we are less than a week from the game. No s#!t storm. I think you are a bit hyper sensitive about the metoo stuff and I don't think this falls completely under that umbrella. Honestly, I don't think anyone will come at Frost for this in any way that will damage him. And I would feel that way if it was Iowas running back. 

 
jimmy1 said:
Mo should not have suited up for the game. He should not play or be charged until his court hearings are over.
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Thats a great way to handle it when his court date gets pushed back until after the season and then his charges dropped. I don't agree with the sitting him for a half, but I also don't agree with just keeping on the bench because we aren't sure. Either sit him a few games now and call it good or play him and sit him after the court makes a decision. Those are the options besides kicking him off the squad, and that isn't happening at this point.

 
skersfan said:
I always ask this but never really get an answer.

If MO played for Iowa, Missouri or Colorado would you have the same opinions.  If so then he should play.  If not?
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Yes. What happens on that 120 yard rectangle on Saturdays has absolutely nothing to do with morality. It is a sports competition, a game. It is not as if there are more or fewer points awarded to either team depending on whether or not they are "good people," "bad people," people that have committed crimes that they got away with or committed crimes that the public has found out about.

I've always been staunch on this position. 

 
So there won't be anymore punishment for Mo internally? Does that mean that the administration anticipates that the charges will be dropped? Guess we'll know more by tomorrow.

 
Nebfanatic said:
How did he earn time on the bench when this happened before he arrived? I mean s#!t, he's played a whole season since this incident happened. Someone made a good point further up. Is anyone else besides Husker fans fretting over this? Because Mo is on the depth chart and has been practicing. By all accounts seems like he will play and we are less than a week from the game. No s#!t storm. I think you are a bit hyper sensitive about the metoo stuff and I don't think this falls completely under that umbrella. Honestly, I don't think anyone will come at Frost for this in any way that will damage him. And I would feel that way if it was Iowas running back. 
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If he gets hit with a felony etc he deserves to have a suspension handed down. I'm just tired of people getting drug through the mud and punished before they have their day in court. As a society we have vilified people more and more before we even know if they are guilty. 

 
The only way I see the University getting in hot water or a bad reputation over this is if it comes out that they covered up or prevented the justice system to do its work on the issue.

From what I've understood, the staff and University have been very open with investigators and prosecutors ever since they found out there might be an issue.  That really is all they can do other than take appropriate action after the investigation and court case is complete.

 
FTW said:
So there won't be anymore punishment for Mo internally? Does that mean that the administration anticipates that the charges will be dropped? Guess we'll know more by tomorrow.
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It sure seems that way. As bad as our offense looked, I wish we would hold him out a few games if that is gonna be it.

 
Do we know if the half-game suspension was for this legal issue or the drug paraphernalia?

Also, how old was Maurice when all of this took place?  Sorry, I'm not clear on all the details.

ETA:  Nevermind.  I found the timeline.

 
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Hedley Lamarr said:
If he gets hit with a felony etc he deserves to have a suspension handed down. I'm just tired of people getting drug through the mud and punished before they have their day in court. As a society we have vilified people more and more before we even know if they are guilty. 
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That is fair and I believe this will show why its best to operate that way because I have a hard time seeing this get convicted as a felony. I think they could sit him in this game and say they are waiting for the results of the court date on the 3rd but I think beyond that he should play and he shouldn't be sat against USA as punishment. Coaches could play if off as waiting though and that would go over fine imo.

 
WhatDoIKnow said:
Do we know if the half-game suspension was for this legal issue or the drug paraphernalia?

Also, how old was Maurice when all of this took place?  Sorry, I'm not clear on all the details.
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I think his first half suspension is due to everything involved with him in the offseason. The incident took place in the winter/spring of 2018, so it was while he was still in high school. The girl in the video was under 18, so that’s why it’s being construed as child pornography by California. 

 
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