📝 Former Missouri WR Dorial Green-Beckham visiting Oklahoma (UPDATE: Commits to OU)

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Dorial Green-Beckham, once the nation's No. 1 recruit, is visiting the University of Oklahoma today, a source told Fox Sports on Thursday morning.

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[TerryP]

Scratching my head on this one. It is a dead period.

 

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[BamaFan334]

Oklahoma, the ethical standard of college football. I am so sick and tired of these athletes commuting serious crimes against society, yet getting continuous chances at making millions where is normal citizens get thrown in lock up. Freaking garbage.

 

[TerryP]

This is a weird situation.

Some of the media are trying to draw a comparison between DGB and former LSU point guard Anthony Hickey. Both lost their spot on their former team and applied for a waiver under the new NCAA "run off" rule.

Whether DGB gets to play next season, or even attempts to play in the NCAA at all, is still up in the air. For him to qualify for the waiver he'll have to provide three things to the NCAA.

1) Documentation from Mizzou stating he was unable to return to the program and the reason was beyond his control as a student-athlete.
2) Proof he was in good academic standing.
3) Mizzou signing off on the waiver and OU's request for the waiver. (It's still unclear to me whether DGB is requesting the waiver or OU is on his behalf. I've seen both reported.)

Going back to Hickey. LSU told him he wouldn't have a post on their roster. There were stories circulating about him not getting along with Johnny Jones along with missing meetings, skipping study halls, and other stories like that off the court.

DGB's issues with his dismissal stem from things inside the court. Two arrests and ultimately his dismissal for the assault allegations against a female.

I have a hard time believing the NCAA will approve his waiver under the first clause, "reason beyond his control as a student athlete."

@BamaFan334 I know I'm drawing a line here, a fine one perhaps, but the "crime against society" with DGB?

His two arrests both stemmed from marijuana. The first where he and some teammates were caught smoking outside the football facility. The second where a guy was pulled over for a traffic violation, the car searched, and the marijuana found. (Both passengers said it wasn't DGB's as well as DGB saying it wasn't his.)

The assault/burglary charge never was prosecuted—no charges were ever filed. It was that altercation—where witnesses stated the group had too much to drink and were acting irrationally(?) —that ultimately led to his dismissal. One witness claimed she was shoved down the stairs. Another in the same apartment claims she didn't hear or see a thing. Something's weird there, sure. But, it's a shaky enough account that the police and prosecutors didn't feel it was worth pursuing.

Wrong crowd? Bad decisions? No doubt. But those first two incidents are hardly "crimes against society" in my eyes. The last one...no one knows.

I suspect he doesn't get the waiver approved, practices, and then declares for the next draft. At that point it's on the NFL owners and GM's and there we have a legitimate concern/complaint. That's also a discussion seen over and over again.

 

[TerryP]

Oh, FWIW.

He'd signed a financial aid agreement with OU before the visit and that's why there wasn't/isn't a NCAA violation.

 

[BamaFan334]

I did not know it wasn't prosecuted. In these instances I stand firm in my belief that something did go wrong and someone is always turning their head instead of "snitching". I feel Jameis Winston did something wrong with his whole deal with the girl. His friends get in trouble, but yet they "saw nothing". Of course on paper they're innocent, but we all know of the loopholes and issues these days with lawyers, prosecutors, and courts.

 

[TerryP]

I did not know it wasn't prosecuted. In these instances I stand firm in my belief that something did go wrong and someone is always turning their head instead of "snitching". I feel Jameis Winston did something wrong with his whole deal with the girl. His friends get in trouble, but yet they "saw nothing". Of course on paper they're innocent, but we all know of the loopholes and issues these days with lawyers, prosecutors, and courts.

The chances you're right are high. In both cases there were statements about the repercussions that might come if they were to have "pushed" the issue.