Simon

I don't think he's a white boy.

There's a big, chunky slow-moving storm cell hanging just NW of Charlotte. It's finally starting to fall apart, but not that quickly. It might be rain only in 30 minutes.

If that cell to the NW of the city holds together this is going to be a while.

There will be a new game thread opened before kickoff

From what folks have been saying, he is not eligible because the incident took place before he was drafted. I do not know if that is 100% true, but it seems to be the general consensus.

Please keep the Araiza debate out of here, as people will be depending on this thread for information during a game that is not being televised. I don't want to spend any more time on this than I already have been, so be aware that this is the only time I will make this simple request.

The title should say that the investigation didn't include the victim's lawyer. Judging by what we've seen from teh guy, I doubt if I would have contacted him in a fact-finding mission either.

I've seen that sumbitch kick 60+ yarders with one step. I have no idea what that leg is capable of.

Don't do that again

Yeah, that seems to be the case.

If you don't like it, don't read it. But people do need a place to talk about it and if we can manage to keep it all in one thread it will improve the overall quality of the rest of the board.

This is BS; we have no idea yet if most of that is actually true.

Suggesting that a teenage girl who was bloody and bruised and who immediately reported being gang-raped to multiple people was simply "having sex with other men" is the definition of ignorant. If you can't recognize that and continue to double down on your disgusting take, you have way bigger issues than being potentially tossed off an internet message board. I've got to get up at 6:30 and go to work so I am signing off; I suggest you do the same in case I'm tired and cranky with an itchy banning finger in the morning.

Abusing my powers would have been tossing you for personal reasons instead of giving you multiple opportunities to retract your ignorant statement.

Do you understand that you referred to those gruesome injuries has "having sex with other men"?

Being patient can be very difficult at times.

Do you understand that at least two other men are being accused of violent rape? Did you see the pictures of her damaged throat and blood-stained clothes?

Did you see the pics of her damaged throat and her blood-stained clothes? Do you understand that there are more people than Araiza being accused? Do you realize that you just equated her being violently gang-raped to her "having sex" with other men? Do you understand yet why you are on the verge of being suspended?

I'm referring to locking out your account.

This is what you said about "after Araiza": Woman then has sex with other men the same night after him. Do you understand why I want to punt you out an airlock right now?

I know you don't have a filter and are often lacking in the ability to read the room, but this would be an excellent time for you to stow that ignorant ***** about a teenage girl covered in blood with bruises all over her throat.

Yes

I believe her claim was that she was raped, not that she had sex with other men. If you can't differentiate between the two, you might as well just show yourself to the door right now.

I was referring to your insinuation that she "had sex with multiple other men" when visual evidence seems to show she was violently assaulted.

I don't think we need second hand confirmation to safely conclude that is the case.