It's all about context...new article from Eggers

I'll comment!

My thoughts:
According to this, Corvallis police screwed up in even citing him in the first place. Does this mean Luke can now sue CPD for loss of future earning potential? Because he lost A LOT of money.

I appreciate all the context about low recidivism rates and how jail time does more harm than good for juvenile offenders. That's good stuff. What I didn't like is the downplaying of the incident. There's a whole paragraph in there that says people very often plead guilty to things they didn't even do, even though there is no evidence that is what happened in this incident. Later it goes into saying that victims get much better treatment these days, as if to say "well, the little girl will probably be alright!" and a judge saying that using "language that suggests criminality" is wrong. So....don't call a sex offender a criminal? I'm not at all ok with this line of thought. I've heard this on NPR in other scenarios about not referring to people in jail as inmates or prisoners but rather as "incarcerated persons." If you are in prison, you are a prisoner.

Kerry Eggers then went on (in a series of tweets back and forth with Ian Furness) to try and downplay Luke's offense by saying he only pled to one charge, therefore it is unfair to Luke to call him a repeat offender despite the police report documenting multiple incidents over a 2-3 year period. Semantics don't belong in the conversation.

Luke put himself in this situation, obviously, but starting with CPD's error in citing him, I feel like the adults in the room are failing him. Oregon State hasn't commented directly on the situation yet. They haven't said "we knew about the situation, and were handling it according to our policies and procedures." They haven't said "we were not aware of the situation, and are currently reviewing why we didn't know, and if we even should have known." Hell, they even made the decision to sit him, and then put it on him like it was his choice. That's crap. Pat Casey is the only person who has spoken directly to the situation by saying "in his time at OSU, he's been a first class citizen on and off the field." Good for Pat.

Ultimately, the only two questions I want answered are the ones I posed above: Did OSU know, and did they do what they were supposed to do? If the answer is no either of those questions, I want to know why.

And I think Luke has every right to pitch in the CWS if his mind is right. I'm not going to be 100% comfortable with it, admittedly, but I can't see any reason why he shouldn't be allowed to play.

It may be downplaying but it is also important. 

The article does make very real, very good points about how this all works. Over and over again, people are saying Luke systematically abused a young girl for two years. 

That was the accusation. What he plead to was a single count. When he plead guilty to that, he was not afforded the ability to refute, to offer evidence, or act in any manner to his own defense. 

Maybe the situation was as accused. Maybe it was worse. Or maybe it wasn't even close to what was stated. 

We simply do not know. And that is the difficult mental exercise we must put ourselves through. In the United States of America, you are innocent until proven guilty. Luke H. make a deal to plead to a single charge, which means he was never proven guilty, evidence was never evaluated in a court of law, a jury or judge never ruled on its validity and nothing was ever substantiated. 

Could Luke of been repeatedly abusing a young girl for years? yes. yes he could of. 

Do we know that he did? no we did not. 

Could he of evaluated his options and realized that he could roll the dice in a he-said, she-said court room battle, and pleading to a lesser charge with the belief that a juvenile record would be sealed? Yes he could of. 

As to your last question. it is most probable OSU did not know. Why they did not know is because it is against Oregon State law for a university or public agency to inquire about juvenile crimes. Pat Casey and OSU were not even allowed to ask. 

that is the law, I posted the ORS in another thread. 

I believe OSU will be looking for a new baseball coach by the end of the month if Dr. Ray doesn't step up and back the student athletes and their coaches. I hope I'm wrong but that is the feeling I'm getting.

As the father of a daughter, I am fully aware and respect the desire for a "pound of flesh." But I also believe children make mistakes and need to be able to grow and learn from them.
The decision regarding LH's status should be his and his coaches. Period.
Dr. Ray needs to respect that and back what ever decision is made.

Go Beavs!

If you guys think Ed Ray, who was in charge of the Penn State sanctions, is going to let Luke pitch in Omaha you are nuts. The backlash against Osu would be incredible. My guess at this point is Luke retains his scholarship and can continue as a student at Osu but we have seen the last of him playing. I am not saying I agree with this approach, but it feels like its the political reality of the situation.

Putting Ed Ray/Penn State situation anywhere near this thread is ridiculous.

If Ed Ray made a decision about Luke based on that then he can find a new university to lead. He has been very good for OSU in many ways , but like any administrator he has faults.

He lost half my donation $ with his "ghost like" presence regarding the football program. Then to very publicly jump on the new coach bandwagon both publicly and financially. It was very strange considering GA was truly not some high profile get.

If this situation is handled further in the secretive fashion and causes PC to evaluate whether staying at OSU is in his best interest, I'll attend and support student athletes home and away, but every dime of "extra" academic and athletic $ of mine will disappear.

These two very public situations are not what I thought Ed Ray represented.

From my understanding Luke H. "threat level" is not at the level Oregon publicly reported. Oregon only publicly reports a level 3 offender. Luke was classified as a level 1 offender. the lowest risk, and the type of offense you now get if you mooned the football crowd during homecoming in this day and age...

You have good questions that should have answers. It is bizarre these straight forward questions have not been answered.

To me, it is a smoking gun that is pointing to much larger drama with this story. Luke H. lawyer may have effectively put a gag on OSU at this time. We have rumblings that CPD screwed up, rumblings about malice from the family. all sorts of crazy stuff.

The silence, of course, is deafening. Oddly, the silence is deafening this tends to be the number one thing Canzano hits on when he writes his hit pieces, after his initial blast... crickets on that front. crickets on any reporting about OSU's lack of statements.

Sure, crazy conspiracy theory territory we are entering... but interesting nonetheless.