Not this time, lol. I'm on the bad side this time.
Oh, I was just giving you a hard time for not embedding the tweet. I actually really like that Fortuna piece and basically agree with him.
I do NOT want any special consideration given to these kids, with respect to the nuts and bolts of the process, just because they are football players. Those types of concessions only undermine the integrity of the proceedings. ND should be following its normal process.
But that does NOT mean that the honesty committee should not be handling this with alacrity. These kids are being denied a competitive opportunity they've worked incredibly hard for. Every effort should be made to schedule this hearing as quickly as possible to minimize the disruption and difficulty this is causing them.
And there's no contradiction there. Suppose a judge is trying to set a case for trial. The defendant and his lawyer live out of town. There are two different dates that work for the judge and the plaintiff or prosecutor. The defendant speaks up and says it would be easier for him to make travel arrangements on the earlier date. There is nothing wrong with the court setting the trial for the earlier date if it doesn't cause any hardship to the other side.
That's the kind of discretion I hope ND is using here. Don't change the process, but just please make every effort to resolve the process as quickly as possible. Like Fortuna points out, we have absolutely no way of knowing whether ND is doing that. I hope it is. But the more time that goes by, the more I doubt it. I mean, the more time that goes by, the more I think that ND is the asshole judge who just refuses to give the defendant the earlier date for no reason except that he is afraid acceding to any reasonable request will make him look partial. I really hope that's not the case.
