College Athlete Gang Affiliations

[ducksrock]

CBS news just broadcast a piece involving existence of athletes continuing to be associated with gangs (Compton area, was specifically noted) and mentioned a number of schools with athletes suspected as having gang affiliated ties, some of which were Nebraska, Rutgers, Oregon, Oregon State, and Nevada. There were a couple others mentioned, but I cant recall the names. The study was conducted by some guy from ASU and they put the named schools logos on the screen....This surely cant help recruiting much, at least from the parents eyes......It seems that most likely all colleges have some exposures to this type of situation, but for the ASU guy and CBS to not only mention those schools that they did and to put up the schools logos, is not appropriate in my opinion.....
Seems we are receiving a substantial amount of negative press over the past couple of years......And with the State of Oregon pulling in alot of quality athletes from the state of Texas, it makes me wonder where this crap originates....Any thoughts?

[lukeyrid13]

I heard Marvin Johnson had some affiliations back home FWIW...

[ducksrock]

I heard Marvin Johnson had some affiliations back home FWIW...

They specifically mentioned Dominguez High School and even showed a picture of the school, so maybe this was to what they were referencing... I dont know one school from the other in Compton, so it meant nothing to me at the time of the CBS piece....

[Duck24]

I heard Marvin Johnson had some affiliations back home FWIW...

IIRC, it started with something on his Facebook profile about being "a ***** from LA that loves to gangbang" or something to that degree. And I would wonder if the correlation from gangs to UO was made because of Jurray Casey, rather than someone who actually played for us. Not to mention, wasn't Rodney Woods thought to be a banger? It wouldn't surprise me if quite a few of the kids coming from Compton, Richmond, Oakland etc had at least some ties to gangs. I find it hard to believe that a full fledged blood or crypt would be able to be a fulltime student, play D1 ball, and be an active gang banger.

[woundedknees]

Miami comes to mind...

[ducksrock]

Miami comes to mind...

Seems they may have been mentioned also...All I know is that having the Oregon "O" on the television screen wasnt complimentary....

[hermistonduck]

Several duck players throughout the past have been affiliated with gangs. Sammie Parker was a Long Beach Crip and openly would talk about it. Just think about where some of this kids are coming from and you can't act surprised. I think several of these kids aren't actual hard core thugs who bang everyday. They probably are just kids that associate with their neighborhood gang and do hood rat stuff with their friends. They might say their are a Hill top Crip or whatever it is, only because they grew up in that area and want to state where they are coming from.

[woundedknees]

Or kids like Terrence Kelly (RIP... We would have loved to watch you grow!), trying to escape the Hood, and build a better future for themselves and their families...

[Phenom]

I've always wondered about this. Anyone know if I can watch this online?

[QuackSince82]

CBS News Article (with 2 videos)
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31727_162-5 ... ge-sports/

SI Article
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/ ... /index.htm

[snapt]

Costa had gang banger written all over him

I'm sure every school has had a few kids from rough areas that had some connection or other. It;s not like any schools recruiting crips specifically. Diversity is part of college, the way I see it football is a way for these kids to get educated and make something of their lives.

[dthomas=ddixon]

What about message board poster gang affiliation? I'm pretty G myself.

[Phenom]

Thanks '82. It's strange how I was just randomly thinking about Brandon Johnson earlier today. I really wanted him to come to Oregon (even added him on MySpace) and I was surprised when he picked the Fuskies. Looks like things didn't work out for him.

[justducky0]

i go hard.

[rsbgduck]

Or kids like TerrencKelly (RIP... We would have loved to watch you grow!), trying to escape the Hood, and build a better future for themselves and their families...

^^ +1000

Read an article again on him just the other day. Gave me duck bumps and the sniffles.