Another athlete for the Darwin Hall of fame awards. One we have discussed before under this very category.
Oregon Duck Jeremiah Masoli is back in the news and once again it is not good news for Oregon or Masoli.
For those that don't know after having a successful 2009 season that culminated with a Rose Bowl appearance, Masoli was involved in a frat house incident that proved he and another Duck football player had stolen Mac laptop computers from the house.
Masoli was given a second chance, he was suspended from the 2010 team but allowed to work out with them. He had one year of eligibility left and all he had to do to finish college on a full ride and play football was behave.
Apparently they asked too much because Monday night Jeremiah Masoli threw his second chance away and on Tuesday he was dismissed from the team with no chance of reprieve.
Monday night in Springfield, Oregon as he was exiting a drive way, he failed to stop and was pulled over for a minor traffic violation, one that is now his final undoing with the Oregon Ducks. It was determined that Masoli was driving on a suspended license and pot was found in the car.
His career at Oregon is finished, no school will take a chance on him, he has thrown away a college education because he acted like he was bigger than the rules, free college for a stolen Mac, driving when he was not allowed and pot. How stupid is that? A degree from Oregon could have taken him anywhere in life he wanted to go and he traded it for nothing, absolutely nothing.
I don't wish to kick a man when he is down, but I do hope younger athletes that read this get the message. It doesn't matter how big your talent is, the rules are bigger and going against them is a losing battle, look what it cost Masoli, his name is mud, football career is over and he just tossed a full ride to a fine University in the trash for pot and a stolen lap top. What the heck was he thinking.
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