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7 minutes ago, Augie said:
To be fair to all sides, do we really know the bold to be true? He knew who else she had been with, and advised her to get checked. I can see a scenario where he as just trying to be helpful there, but I don’t pretend to know the facts.
Yeah, its in the docs and transcripts. I'm not going to re-litigate it here because Im already walking the line of what mods will remove in this thread. But the info is out there. It's just an example.
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1 hour ago, Don Otreply said:
We sure are milking this thread to death, but I am certain we as a group can continue to repeat ourselves for at least ten or so more pages…,
GO BILLS!!!
Im surprised we've managed to keep it to just this thread for so long. Usually we have a number of spawns at the same time on the Cook issue. We need 5 more Cook threads on the front page asap!
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7 hours ago, uticaclub said:
Hope you don’t have a son falsey accused
Save your hope. Absolutely not worried about it. At all. And neither should you.
As @boyst pointed out, 2/3rds of all women will be sexually assaulted at some point in their life. On the flip side, of the small subset of men even accused of rape, only 2-5% are deemed falsely accused. So 66% of all women vs... what... 0.001% of all men. You're on the wrong side of the problem.
And even if you count situations like Araiza's as being "falsely accused", dude still knowingly gave the girl an STI. Scumbags be scumbagging. Raise better boys.
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14 minutes ago, muppy said:
spoken exactly like a guy who has never had a sister mother friend or GF
Could stop right there for a lot of these guys.
I sure hope none of them have daughters either.
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10 hours ago, Alphadawg7 said:
You can only operate off what is known, you can't condemn a kid for life off an allegation that has yet to be substantiated.
I dont see any (or many) folks condemning or passing judgement on Hairston here. Certainly no one saying he should be cut or in jail. I see waaayyy more people calling the girl all sorts of names and going after her character, wanting her to be counter-sued, etc.
No one waiting for any substantiation on that.
And given what we've just seen in the Diddy trial, where he was acquitted on most charges EVEN WITH multiple witnesses, piles of physical evidence, video tape, etc... it just shows how almost impossible stuff like this is to convict.
Perfect and timely example of how difficult it is for victims of this sort of stuff to ever get justice.
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We have 2 ebikes, a family bike that can carry the kid and some cargo and a single rider, small capacity bike (usually for me).
The family bike is just "pedal assist" and gets you up to 20mph pretty quickly, but that's where the assist tops out so you'd have to be going downhill to go faster. The single is a Class II and has a throttle and goes up to 28mph.
They are definitely way more bike than motorcycle.
I get the craze because these things are great for the family to get around the city, and helps us 40-somethings relive our youthful days of the 90s.
But what gets me is the amount of families I see riding these things with NO HELMETS.
I'm a cusp GenXer and grew up before the helmet craze so never wore one growing up, and wasnt a huge fan of the idea going into it. But now, with so much to lose, and how dangerous it can be out on the streets with drivers... It blows my mind that people arent wearing them. I saw a family go by the other day, mom and 2 kids on back, zero helmets...
I dont see people getting too crazy on them since we have pretty decent bike infrastructure in the city (Atlanta). Bike lanes almost everywhere we want to go, etc.
But folks, WEAR A HELMET.
As for kids riding the ebikes or electric scooters, no one under 16 should be operating these things on their own. It's more dangerous than being in a car.
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3 minutes ago, first_and_ten said:
To be honest, we don't know what happened. We don't know Hairston very well, and we don't know the woman at all. The timing of the civil suit is suspect though. Only those two know what the truth is.
It is NOT suspect. He literally had nothing before this so there was no point in a civil lawsuit until now.
The bigger timing tip-off is how she went to the police IMMEDIATELY.
10 minutes ago, BarleyNY said:Do you have a link. I found the opposite:
https://sports.yahoo.com/personal-conduct-policy-opens-door-154327245.html
“College football players, beware. Anything you do before entering the NFL could result in punishment from the NFL.
The 2023 version of the Personal Conduct Policy includes language that opens the door to the possibility of imposing discipline on a player for conduct that happened before he joined the NFL. That amounts to a dramatic change to the prior Personal Conduct Policy.”
This article is from 2023. I do not expect the NFL to discipline Hairston, but it sure looks like they could. It makes sense that they’d want the option to do so. What it the next elite college QB prospect is a PR nightmare? They’d want the ability to do something about that player.
Even now that they can, I'd be surprised if they did since there were no criminal charges.
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5 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:
Well rapes usually leave physical evidence... That's why rape kits are used
Woman fight back they scratch and claw.. there's usually tearing... Physical evidence.. most fight back from assaults even if a losing battle
Not to mention UKentucky has filed S.A and rape charges on campus even against athletes
I'm sure their is a lot we will never know but S.A and rape is not something people take lightly as they shouldn't
In some cases, yes. In others, where the lady isnt able to fight back as much, no. Or some victims are afraid to fight back so they dont end up beaten or killed. There's no way to draw conclusions just from how much they fought back.
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2 minutes ago, TheBrownBear said:
Same here. Was at the game with my Mom (I was 11 at the time) and we went absolutely nuts. Hugging and high fiving everyone within a stone's throw.
Same age bro!
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1 minute ago, Mike in Horseheads said:
What is the DA's incentive not to prosecute if he his guilty?
Most DAs only prosecute slam-dunk wins. Cases that are pretty much already solved and guaranteed. They dont want to hurt their win/loss record or be seen as "wasting the taxpayer money", or even worse in small college towns, hurting the beloved football team.
Rapes/SAs of this nature, which are basically only "he said, she said" almost never go since the DA cant prove beyond a reasonable doubt what happened. It isnt worth going to trial with such little evidence.
Unfortunately.
Again, I'm not making any judgements on this situation either way. Just pointing out that we dont (and never will) have enough information to make a true call.
Just because no charges were pressed does not mean he is completely innocent and she is a gold digger. Just like I'm not calling for Hairston to be cut from the team or sent to jail.
We dont know. We wont know. So we're all better off saving the conclusions on either side.
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27 minutes ago, RyanC883 said:
Bean, the DA, and the school cleared him.3 parties with incentives to not prosecute even if he is guilty.
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6 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:
I just read the complaint linked in the article in the OP.
the gist is he suddenly came into her room uninvited and said he was “high as F,” and then raped her. That is obviously egregious, If true.
The common SA cases on college campuses seem to involve both parties being intoxicated and disagreements over consent. That’s not how this one is being framed.
Need more of this, at practice, and apparently on this board...
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4 minutes ago, muppy said:
the fact he was investigated with no charges has made my blood pressure go down.
Given the general police track record all across this country of not believing victims, not properly investigating, and not processing rape kits, I'm not sure how much stock I put into "no charges so therefore completely innocent".
And most of that is on regular civilian rapes. When a top athlete in a small college town is involved, they're even more incentivized to sweep it under the rug.
That is what hurt Araiza. SDSU and the local police originally swept the whole thing under the rug because SDSU was about to get a bid to join the PAC-12, and they didnt want to hurt the chances with a scandal. So they just ignored her claims. Had they properly investigated it at the time, they could have cleared Araiza and then it all goes away.
Sounds like more was done here in the Hairston case, which is good. And most of the stuff is public record now so easier to make a determination. But in general, "the cops didnt press charges" doesnt mean much when it comes to star athlete assaults.
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1 hour ago, ChronicAndKnuckles said:
Makes you appreciate having an all around great team where you can score and make big plays in all 3 phases. Seems like Buffalo had super stars in all of them. This is what’s obviously lacking these days. A little harder to have special teams players that can affect the outcome these days though.
The draft was also 12 rounds and there was no salary cap, or even free agency really, so that helped a lot too
But it was a very special team. I was lucky enough that my dad, who had just lived through the tough Bills times of the 70s and early-80s, would always tell me after any/all of those miraculous 90s performances: "enjoy every minute of this, and dont get used to it, this is NOT how football teams usually play, this is a once in a lifetime thing." I think that advice helped me hold onto my mental health through the drought, lol.
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19 minutes ago, Pete said:
Still a finesse team. They had a good draft, added some tougher players, but still soft and undisclipined
They always will be. The allure of South Florida life attracts that type.
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LMAOOOOO
Well, any concern I had about the Dolphins getting better with Fitzpatrick over Ramsey has been wiped out with this move. Still the same old clown show.
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3 hours ago, chris heff said:
I don’t think that matters. If things go badly, I don’t think Ross will have any choice but to clean house.
It seems the only reason Grier has survived to this year is so Ross can fire/rehire the GM and HC at the same time.
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24 minutes ago, dave mcbride said:
Weird how many folks here think a safety (Fitzpatrick) is more valuable than an elite boundary corner.
There is no elite boundary corner in this specific discussion tho. Ramsey is old and washed.
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I'd rather have Ramsey on the Dolphins than Fitzpatrick.
Josh shreds Ramsey. Fitzpatrick is a very competent player.
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On 6/27/2025 at 3:45 PM, Miyagi-Do Karate said:
I have always contended that that blocked FG and TD by Bennett was the watershed moment for the Bills. The defining moment that changed the trajectory of the team, and led to the rise of that great team.Great take and insight and something I hadnt thought about before. The timing was lost in my childhood memory and I hadnt realized it occurred on the path to our first SB. Totally agree.
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Lawrence and Tua. Without a doubt.
I dont even consider many of the other guys mentioned here since they are more rentals (Geno, Darnold) than long-term, mega-million signed ("Franchise") QBs.
I'd put Dak right behind them. He's better than them, but paid much higher.
Then Purdy right behind Dak.
I can put Kyler on that list too, but at least I've seen flashes from him.
Baker deserves way more respect and should be no where near this list. I'm not even a big fan, and I was a disbeliever when he came out. But I'll never forget that Rams win he pulled off after having joined the team merely 48 hours earlier. And dude has been solid all around. Cleveland messed that up and did him dirty (surprise, surprise).
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Was lucky enough to be there as a kid. This is the game, and really the moment, that pops into my head whenever the 90s teams are referenced.
That real life image of the FG being blocked and and the ball just hanging in the air for what seems like forever with Bennett the only one underneath it. Just waiting to catch it and take it to the house. We could all see what was coming.
And it's also a great summary of how magical and dominant those teams were. We were never out of it until the clock hit 0:00. And even then theres a chance...
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59 minutes ago, FireChans said:
Someone has racked up 1 too many warning points. Don’t fall for his tricks@Simon
Like the old saying "you aint rubbin, you aint racin", if you arent earning some warning points over a decade, then you arent really posting here.
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Mr Bounced Checks
Maxwell Hairston named in civil lawsuit for sexual assault
in The Stadium Wall
Posted · Edited by DrDawkinstein
I dont remember all the details/timing exactly, but I think this is different from the previous situation in that all the investigations were completed and cleared this time around. I'm sure Beane, the Bills Legal department, etc could see a civil suit coming. But as long as all the criminal investigations were done and clear, that's about as good as they can get.
Previous, I believe MA told the Bills it was all done and nothing was going to come of it, only to find the investigations weren't complete and stuff was still lingering and popped back up (which was a surprise to the Bills), and some of the details were new info to the Bills as well. IIRC. There was definitely more that the Bills were directly peeved with the player about.