They've been shopping him around with no takers and he hasn't been part of the plan for a while. He's $150k on cap, plus $450k xAM. Hopefully they can cut ties with him soon because of this.
That's my point. The accused felon is still on the team. The accused blasphemer is not. Neither accusation has yet been substantiated.
That's not the same thing. Ron resigned ahead of any team investigation. If he didn't do anything why quit?
In public. But we know the team opened an investigation into what the coach said. Do we know what, if any, actions the team has taken into what the player may have done? This is apples and oranges you're trying to combine into a fruit salad.
Why would a Wookiee, an eight-foot tall Wookiee, want to live on Endor, with a bunch of two-foot tall Ewoks? That does not make sense! But more important, you have to ask yourself: What does this have to do with this case? Nothing. Ladies and gentlemen, it has nothing to do with this case! It does not make sense! Look at me. I'm a lawyer defending a major record company, and I'm talkin' about Chewbacca! Does that make sense? Ladies and gentlemen, I am not making any sense! None of this makes sense! And so you have to remember, when you're in that jury room deliberatin' and conjugatin' the Emancipation Proclamation, does it make sense? No! Ladies and gentlemen of this supposed jury, it does not make sense! If Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit! The defense rests.
Whoa, whoa there, Kimo. The man is a first time offender, a non-violent first time offender, who stupidly let his insurance lapse, got in a wreck and tried to get away with claiming a different time frame for the accident. Since insurance companies didn't get rich by being stupid, he didn't get away with it. And just for the record, $50,000 bond is ridiculous for a non-violent, first offender, non-flight risk, even if they let him post 10%. Either way, I don't see how that's a fireable offense for an employee. Kid screwed up, but lose his livelihood? It's a private matter.
The ESPN article I read, when I read it, said the team had no comment. So, perhaps the article was updated since.
The coach was accused of misconduct while performing team duties and in the presence of players. The player is accused of misconduct unrelated to his team duties.
An arraignment for two felony charges scheduled for Feb 27 is not a good sign. I don't get letting your auto insurance lapse then buying a new policy couple of hours after totalling your $50k Beemer. Then you file a claim for the accident swapping times. My auto insurance is set for auto pay. That's a risk I don't want to take, and I make a fraction of what Mattocks does. Heck car insurance is less than $200/month max for a low deductible, high liability limit policy with all the bells and whistles that car. My recollection is whenever I made a change to the policy, it took affect at midnight, so essentially the next day. Sorry, no sympathy for pure stupidity.
Young professional ath-uh-leet's who make way more money (even in MLS) than most guys their age are not exactly known for their level-headed pragmatism when it comes to mundane things like insurance.
I don’t buy this for a second. Any 16-year-old driving a $600 clunker knows it’s against the law to drive without insurance. You’re gonna tell me a professional athlete doesn’t know any better? He tried to pull a fast one and got burned. No sympathy.
That's the point, these guys as a whole are generally pretty stupid. Sure, he should know better, but the guy tried to get away with something and got caught. End of story
"We separate right from wrong, fact from fiction, delicates from permanent press! I recall a man who said, 'With great power comes great responsibility.' That man was Spider-Man's uncle. And now... he's dead!
An insurance company is going to be skeptical if you claim to have suffered a total loss on the same day you buy the policy.
No doubt that Mattocks deserves a second chance, and I wish him well in the future. But, he does have to earn that chance by making the situation right, being contrite, and penetant. Assuming that the charge is accurate, and he did not have insurance at the time if the accident, he needs to return any funds received to the insurance company. At that point, the judge can evaluate whether he has made amends, and dispose of the case appropriately. Withholding adjudication and ultimately dropping the charge would be fine, assuming he doesn't try the same thing in the future. If the insurance company made an error, then they need to make him whole.