[Redrum]

Apparently the "jump start"  Masoli experienced in juvenile hall didn\'t take.    The most charitable of interpretations is this:  All through this story were clear opportunities for Masoli to make better choices.  And at each of those opportunities, he didn\'t.   It could have been as simple as-- when Embry emerged from the room with the stolen goods--  saying " See you, man.  I\'m going out this way" as he walked the other direction.   But at that juncture and many others...always the wrong choice.   At some point doesn\'t it become about the chooser, not just the choices?

He put UO,  certainly the most background-tolerant school in the elite of Div. 1 football,  in an untenable position. No small accomplishment.  Once he pleaded guilty, what could they do?   Even the Ducks have their standards,  low as they may be.    So Masoli goes searching for another school and another clean slate.   Not a bad outcome for a guy in his legal jeopardy.  Maybe this time it really will jump start his life.

P.S. It would be a hoot to see him play in the SEC.   Maybe,  because he was kicked out of school,  that doesn\'t count as a "transfer" ?  So he wouldn\'t have to sit for a year.   If he plays in the upcoming season for, say, Old Miss,  it could be viewed as one of the great system-gaming moments in NCAA history.

[Redrum]

Apparently the "jump start"  Masoli experienced in juvenile hall didn\'t take.    The most charitable of interpretations is this:  All through this story were clear opportunities for Masoli to make better choices.  And at each of those opportunities, he didn\'t.   It could have been as simple as-- when Embry emerged from the room with the stolen goods--  saying " See you, man.  I\'m going out this way" as he walked the other direction.   But at that juncture and many others...always the wrong choice.   At some point doesn\'t it become about the chooser, not just the choices?

He put UO,  certainly the most background-tolerant school in the elite of Div. 1 football,  in an untenable position. No small accomplishment.  Once he pleaded guilty, what could they do?   Even the Ducks have their standards,  low as they may be.    So Masoli goes searching for another school and another clean slate.   Not a bad outcome for a guy in his legal jeopardy.  Maybe this time it really will jump start his life.

P.S. It would be a hoot to see him play in the SEC.   Maybe,  because he was kicked out of school,  that doesn\'t count as a "transfer" ?  So he wouldn\'t have to sit for a year.   If he plays in the upcoming season for, say, Old Miss,  it could be viewed as one of the great system-gaming moments in NCAA history.