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The woman had injuries and she said what she said when the first responders arrived. She also recanted and charges were dropped. I was and am supporting the school on however they decided. I’m hoping that this turns out to be a happy ending - ever after. No need to bash our player now or call him names because he has kids.This is a perfectly fine way to feel about this mess. If it was anyone I knew my assumption would be hit assaulted her, full stop. We’ve all known girls in this situation, or one similar. I’m extremely conflicted on the facts, honestly, and I think anyone not celebrating this has a right to do so. I’ve got plenty of IRL examples of this being a bad guy doing bad things and getting away with it, I don’t blame you at all for preferring he would've stayed gone.
I also trust that due diligence was done on the administration’s part. Miami doesn’t give two craps about football outside of the walls of the Hecht, and inside the walls Avantae was a talented but unproven player and person. I have to trust they’re blind liars who care about the sport above all else (which has never been the case), or they found enough reason to bring him back.
As I stated in the other thread, I do think an administrative leave response would have been better than an outright dismissal up front until things were sorted out. The school should look at giving themselves more flexibility and being more measured in initial responses.