Any apology or statement from BDJ
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Yes. He very likely was a bad neighbor and possibly is a bad person...but the media falsely gave the impression that he was running a crackhouse and then published pictures of him in locked chains as if he was going to life in prison when in actuality charges were dropped.
There has been plenty of unfair judgement of both Jones and White in the whole situation. It's really not that big of a story, neighbor fights happen all the time. Stuff like this happens all the time and we never hear about it, nobody got assaulted or anything.
Exactly, without the bogus arrest, no one ever knows this happened.
Yesterday morning after seeing the first report on the Rag I honestly thought he'd be kicked off the team. Then by mid-morning more facts were out and it was dropped by lunch, but the damage was done. As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words.
I'm not upset he was in trouble with the cops for being a nuisance. But blasting over ESPN.com that he was arrested for running a "drug house" and distributing photos of him chained up like an animal all over the web...it's pathetic some people think that is deserved for a minor offense. But like I said, follow current events and you'll see that 10-20% of Americans get a stiffy when people are shot or strangled to death without a trial so this fits that trend.
I don't think White deserves any of the criticism he has got, but he won't have to deal with things like being labeled "crackhouse operator" or being chained up like an animal for the world to see. I do think it's odd that there were dozens of complaints and nobody ever got evicted or moved out...that could just as likely be BDJ getting the privileges a star athlete gets as it is whiny neighbors, probably more likely privileged local celeb.
The issue here isn't about holding athletes to some impeccable standard of behavior (i.e. blowing rainbows out of one's butt), it's about one (or possibly two) of them that apparently can't behave in a basic civil manner towards his neighbors. I've not seen anybody here asking BDJ to be Mr. Rogers.
The reason we are having this whole discussion in the first place is because BDJ isn't staying out of trouble, and it's gotten to the point where the "team" apparently can't control it and law enforcement has had to be involved on multiple occasions. And from the media reports, the issues have not just been confined to one neighbor (although one has chosen to speak publically about it). And now the ISU MBB team has been dragged into the fray.
That's admirable, but what does BDJ being a good basketball teammate have to do with the issue at hand, which is him being a repeated nuisance to his neighbors?
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The rag continues to use the pictures of him from lock-up. Truly living up to its name. Randy Peterson looks like Larry Davids un-funny fatter twin brother too.
This. The only apology that BDJ owes to anyone is to the coaching staff, his teammates, and his neighbors. I'm sure that has been done privately.
Unless you were in the building when any and/or all of these "incidents" took place, you should probably just shut the **** up. You have no idea what went on and are only going off of one-sided accounts. People that believe everything they read as gospel are usually the most clueless. You act like BDJ did something personally to you. Just stop.
CycloneErik
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I don't need the insincere public figure apology. He's doing his suspension. That's more than enough for me.
Except for the fact this isnt new, and has happened everywhere he has been. All signs point to he hasn't learned anything besides ultimately he will get out of jail and continue playing basketball like nothing happened.
That indeed was Marty Turdwell him self. I hate people without a placard parking in a handicapped spot since unfortunately I do have a placard. But that was Marty being a doosh trying to harass Fred.
I don't disagree with you. I don't see why he has to issue an apology. He was falsely labeled a crackhouse operator and photographed chained like an animal for minor charge that was dropped.
Did you skip the part where I said he wasn't being a good teammate getting in trouble the night before a game. He needs to be a good teammate and not screw up again for the sake of his team, he doesn't need to apologies to pompous high horse fans. Apologies are owed to him just as much to anyone else. For all we know he has apologized profusely to the team...but message board moral authority has to poo poo everybody. It's pathetic.
Like I said previously but the "media" is now taking more and more chances because they are irrelevant and no longer break any news. I'm sure next week Channel 13 and the Rag will be doing "Exclusives" on the major epidemic that is sweeping the nation of loud apartments in college towns.
That 12 year old pimple faced troll they had interview Lazard last spring told me all I need to know about local media and what they are interested in. Hint: it's not local athletes succeeding for local teams, at least not when that team is ISU
Especially Fred who was already dragged into a meeting with BDJ, the neighbor and the cops. Methinks this is the crux of the problem since at the end of the meeting Fred got BDJ to agree and say that there would be no more disturbances. BDJ got to show off in front of 2 dozen NBA scouts in the Arky game because of Fred's reputation & program. After breaking that promise to Fred he ought to feel contrite.