Jaylon Jackson arrested for OWI in Ames
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Seem to hear less of this at other schools too, compared to 10-15 years ago. Same thing with academic disqualifications.
To to clear, was just sharing the news in the first post. Wasn't throwing Jackson under the bus.
Made a few trips to Boone in the '70's to bail house mates out. Challenge sometimes to raise that kind of money on a Sunday.
Made a few trips to Boone in the '70's to bail house mates out. Challenge sometimes to raise that kind of money on a Sunday.
Please stop drinking and driving. It's not worth it.
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I only drove drunk once. Was 19 or 20 at the time and I outsmarted a cop and got very very lucky to get away. Never drove drunk again.
You're in the minority on this board. Assuming you don't judge .08 lower than it is.
In the age of Uber, there is no excuse for drunk driving. Don't even need designated drivers any more.
Good for you. Just a bit surprised that a number of posters within this thread, didn't drink n drive during college. Assuming, pre MAD?
Given my 80's tenure? One could be just shy of passed out, and nobody suggested, "take his-her keys, give him/her a ride home."
Just sayin, minus anything resembling approving.
Jackson made a poor decision and will have to pay the consequences. Hopefully he learns from it.
I don't care for people trying to diminish what he did because "everybody has done it" when they really mean they themselves did it. There's no excuse for drunk driving, especially with the resources we have today.
I don't care for people trying to diminish what he did because "everybody has done it" when they really mean they themselves did it. There's no excuse for drunk driving, especially with the resources we have today.
Nate Oats at 'Bama? Allowing a player to stay on the team and keep playing, and defending him, when he's basically an accessory to a murder?
There's a lot of terrible player and coach behavior out there.
Google Jalen Carter (Georgia).
Piece of ****, and responsible for a wreckless driving-related death.
Making serious bank with the Eagles, minus anything resembling repercussions.
Not excusing Jackson...but....
Piece of ****, and responsible for a wreckless driving-related death.
Making serious bank with the Eagles, minus anything resembling repercussions.
Not excusing Jackson...but....
I don't know how anyone can pass too much judgement when we know basically nothing about what happened. No one knows how impaired he was or even what he took/drank. It could be nowhere near as bad or way worse than what anyone is assuming.
It's shocking how hard it is to find a ride home in Ames around bar time. Finding one of the few Ubers has been damn near impossible for me in the past after 1 AM, taxis really don't exist anymore (and don't run 24/7 now anyways), and bus routes are super limited that time of day. Not to excuse him, but it is absolutely a struggle to get around in Ames late night.
Unfortunately, that era is still in full swing across a lot of this country. "One for the road," "road beers," "truck coolers," and "travel drinks" are still very much a thing. And a lot of people I know from those areas have a DUI but continue to drive with a cold one in the console. I don't think people are aware of how common this is, especially where Ubers & Lyfts aren't always reliable, like Ames.
Young people make mistakes, and this is definitely a big one. Tough timing to not be able to play in his last game of his senior year, but that's what almost certainly will happen.
Was a mistake. Hopefully the young man learns from it, and agree, there is no need to try to crush him or make him out to be some bad person. It was a mistake, we all make them. Its one that can have big consequences ie drunk driving accidents so thankfully for him, there was not an accident and hopefuly it is just a learning experience as we all have them going through life
I just don’t like the message being sent that since “most people have done it, it makes it less serious”
Driving intoxicated is very serious. Fortunately he didn’t injure himself or anyone else. But it could had been a very different outcome
Are people routinely checking this? I always wonder how we seem to find it out so fast.
