On March 30th Alabama University dismissed defensive linemen Johnathan Taylor who was arrested for a domestic violence incident. This is the second time that Taylor had been arrested for this matter, he also was arrested in Georgia and the University of Georgia dismissed him from school and the football team. Once the news broke the Head Coach of the Alabama Football, team, Nick Saban, issued a statement saying that he was sorry for how things turned out for Johnathan but he was not sorry for giving the young man a second chance. On April 1st the accuser of Johnathan Taylor was arrested for filing a false police report. The false police report dealt with the domestic violence incident that was said to have occurred between Taylor and herself. In light of this new evidence the charges against Taylor were dropped. Unfortunately for Taylor he is still not allowed to not only play football but he is prohibited from attending the University of Alabama. This to me makes zero sense because he was cleared and found innocent of all things he was accused of so why can he not rejoin the team and university. I understand he has a checkered past but this is the land of second chances and it seems that just because he was accused the decision was immediately made to cut bait with him before letting the whole process play out.
Which brings me to my point in writing this article, which is I feel that when it comes to certain issues people are to quick to judge before all of the facts are laid out for them. An example of this is the Johnathan Martin and Richie Incognito case in 2014 many people assumed that Incognito was bullying Martin. When in fact they would talk to each other in the vulgar manner and it also showed how quickly public opinion can control a situation. That is what I think happened here with the Johnathan Taylor incident;in light of the Ray Rice incident this past NFL season it seems to me that the accusation of domestic violence is just as damaging if not more than the actual committing of the crime. I say this because if you are accused of something and it is not true you spend so much time trying to clear your name and prove your innocence and even if you do still doesn't mean people will treat as if you didn't commit the crime. An example of this is the Syracuse basketball situation with Jim Boeheim and the basketball teams falsified grades and players getting payed by agents. The NCAA assumed that he knew about what was going in his program and he says he had no clue about it. There are some people that say that there is no way he didn't know, so in there minds he will be guilty even if he truly is guilty. I just think before we decisions that will effect someone's entire life lets just have the whole process play out before coming to a conclusion.
