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22-year-old arrested for posing as a 15-year-old hoopster

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!, May 11, 2010.

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  1. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    Texas football had an "imposter" situation that came up when it played Virginia Tech in the 1995 Sugar Bowl. Can't remember all the details now but the guy was 28 or so and had a JUCO history.

    A far cry from this one.
     
    Moderator1, May 12, 2010
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  2. Blitz

    Blitz Active Member

    If he's naturally in, then maybe they can't deport him.
    And maybe jail's too harsh.
    But we gotta set some parameters for future potential impersonators (and their lawyers) to look at before they think about doing this sort of thing.
    There has to be some punishment.
    Picking up trash along the highway might suit me just fine.
    Quit dumbing down the justice system. It starts at this level and it keeps being dumbed down all the way to the stealing and harming and murdering level.
    The kid fucked up. He needs to be made to pay.

    A lot of people were "hurt" by this.
    Kids trying to earn scholarships and people who spent a bunch of money to go out on the road and follow their kids, then watch them get duped by a 22-year-old.
     
    Blitz, May 12, 2010
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  3. Ace

    Ace Well-Known Member

    Well, he was arrested and being held in jail. So there's that good news.
     
    Ace, May 12, 2010
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  4. cyclingwriter

    cyclingwriter Active Member

    Cameron Crowe would not like that.
     
    cyclingwriter, May 12, 2010
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  5. heyabbott

    heyabbott Well-Known Member

    see James, LeBron; Oden, Greg; Nixon, Otis
     
    heyabbott, May 12, 2010
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  6. JayFarrar

    JayFarrar Well-Known Member

    In the wild west that was the NAIA, a school got in trouble because the coach was having guys use fake IDs, people who had used up their college eligibility, and say they were someone else so they could play for him.
    Gunslinger Cooley was the coach.

    And I vaguely remember the Harvard runner fraud case but no details. I just remember it was a fantastic read
     
    JayFarrar, May 12, 2010
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  7. Bob Cook

    Bob Cook Active Member

    I think Granville Waiters was already bald by 16.
     
    Bob Cook, May 12, 2010
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  8. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    Gunslinger Cooley is a great fucking name. Damn. What a name.

    We had a kid around here leave one DII school at mid-semester and play for another in the same league the next semester (of the same season). Apparently legal, too.
     
    Moderator1, May 12, 2010
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  9. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    Ok. Been busy all day, For those who wanted to know about the Harvard runner. ... It wasn't Stanford and Harvard as I remembered. His fake H.S. career was in Palo Alot, Calif. and the university was Princeton. It was an amazing story. ... He had been a runner at University of Wyoming, but had legal problems or had to leave. And at 26 he faked his way back into Palo Alto H.S. and was winning meets. He had a track scholarship to Stanford before a reporter who was fishy unraveled his story. Afterward, he gets arrested for all kinds of grifter crimes like forging checks, theft, etc. While all of that was going on (he was arrested and charged in Utah), he used the name Alexi Indris Santana, and somehow got admitted to Princeton, claiming to be an 18-year-old self-educated Utah ranch hand, who was an orphan and educated himself while sleeping under the stars. He was really in his 30s. Princeton gives him a $15K academic scholarship and the track coach is eager for him to come. While in prison, he writes to Princeton and gets a deferment saying his mom is dying of leukemia in Switzerland. He serves 6 months, gets released and heads to Princeton, where he starts running track. But a few years later, he's at an Ivy League track meet and a student from Yale recognizes him from back at Palo Alto H.S. and reports him to the police. And he gets busted all over again. Here are some links that helped me put it all back together.

    http://www.mileendfilms.com/cm_timeline.html

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hogue

    http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1900621_1900618_1900619,00.html
     
    The Big Ragu, May 12, 2010
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  10. Wenders

    Wenders Well-Known Member

    The real question is if he dated any girls while he was pulling this off. That could send him away for quite some time.

    They have to set a precedent and punish this kid to make anyone who might think this is a good idea in the future rethink their decision-making process.
     
    Wenders, May 12, 2010
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  11. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    Uh, dating wouldn't send him away unless dating automatically means, well, you know.
     
    Moderator1, May 12, 2010
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  12. cyclingwriter

    cyclingwriter Active Member

    Thank you. Great work. Sorry for the confusion on Harvard on my part.
     
    cyclingwriter, May 12, 2010
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