College Athlete Gang Affiliations

[Duffman57]

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.

Its mostly this. I know quite a few people on the football team now, and although some act very "hood", there's no way any of them are actually active gang members. It'd be mostly a way to identify where your from and stuff.

[Juice]

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.

Its mostly this. I know quite a few people on the football team now, and although some act very "hood", there's no way any of them are actually active gang members. It'd be mostly a way to identify where your from and stuff.

+1 both of these guys

take Mamba's twitter handle... @thablaccster... spelling with two C's instead of ck is crip. but is he running around the eug banging with his crew fitted head to toe in blue? lol no.. he's goin to class and ballin out on the football field.

+ an extra 100000 hermiston for using 'hood rat stuff with their friends' lol.

[buckmarkduck]

Funny a ASU guys does this, but doesn't show that ASU has any connections? Come on, I can buy us having a few kids over the years, but I can't buy ASU, SC, UCLA and every other BCS school not having any gang kids on the roster. 1 guy I hope isn't in a gang is Burfict thought, the guy is nuts.

[greenyellow]

Funny a ASU guys does this, but doesn't show that ASU has any connections? Come on, I can buy us having a few kids over the years, but I can't buy ASU, SC, UCLA and every other BCS school not having any gang kids on the roster. 1 guy I hope isn't in a gang is Burfict thought, the guy is nuts.

But he'd probably also be the guy to shoot himself in the leg to show how crazy he is. Probably would mess with people but not the smartest move.

[uodux1212]

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

[wheaton4prez]

What do they mean by affiliated with?

Committing a specific crime on behalf of a gang is one thing. But, being affiliated with could mean anything. Knowing someone. Being from a neighborhood. Etc.

[greenyellow]

What do they mean by affiliated with?

Committing a specific crime on behalf of a gang is one thing. But, being affiliated with could mean anything. Knowing someone. Being from a neighborhood. Etc.

I think the one example of gang-affiliated violence associated with the UO was Terrance Kelly's murder, which is over 7 years old and means Oregon didn't actually have active gang members on the team. OSU's incident was Dennis Weatherby getting shot while he was back home in like 2002 after some gang members misidentified him as a rival gang member. So really, there's nothing major to report about gangs infiltrating college athletics in Oregon.

[wheaton4prez]

Yeah. I don't see "Gang Affiliation" and "Gang Affiliated Violence" as being the same thing. Not even same ball-park really.