CB Bradley Roby (2x All B1G)

[Onebuckfan]

Good discussion..I used to lean to the hammer them side..but now with all the social media and media side show..I defer to Judge Meyer.

 

[SEREbuckeye]

We don't really know any of the facts behind this case do we?

We know that the police report read that Roby was witnessed as being in a fight (verbal) inside the establishment. We also know that he then tried to make his way back in after being kicked out which initiated a fight between him and a bouncer. He was then witnessed as punching the bouncer. He WAS charged with battery which was reduced to a misdemeanor but the facts still standing with a punch. (Please feel free to correct any of this if Im wrong, I honestly don't want to spread rumors) DaddyBigBucks: I misread your post. I thought you were saying that a pee-and-flee was the same as a punch/fight. Sorry bro.

 

[buckeyesin07]

I think Hydes punishment had less to do with it being a female and more to do with the media making it about a hulking runningback from a top university cold cocking an innocent girl at a bar.

I disagree. This has everything to do with it being the female. If you don't agree, you haven't been paying attention to the banners Urban has had installed around the athletic premises.

 

[Krenzelicious]

Under the circumstances, I'm guessing that Urban will suspend him for three games. Like it or not, because of the Hernandez thing, Urban has to take a really firm stance regardless of whether he thinks hitting a bouncer is as bad as hitting a girl or not. Not the end of the world for the team or for Roby. Probably best for all involved. Fair to Hyde. Gets some young guys some valuable game experience. Much better than several months in jail. Keeps the media at bay.

 

[ant80]

Simply, posting without knowing what you're talking a out... especially in a situation like this, is going to get you shit. Pay attention, get up to speed on the topic, and if after that, if what you have to say makes sense... hit the reply button. We all, for the most part, enjoy the thoughts of the BP membership. But that's largely because this place is, for the most part, filled with people who are well informed before the shoot their mouths off. Don't change that, please.

Danke

I knew something about this. It was posted previously in the article that Roby had punched someone, which you seem to have completely missed. You should go back and read it here. Let me repost what was said there, here.

According to the police report, he was escorted out of the bar after some kind of altercation, tried to return contact friends who were still inside, was stopped by bar security personnel, allegedly punched one of the bouncers in the chest ?causing a complaint of pain,? according to the report, and promptly was subdued while police were called.

That is what I was going by. It was not any conjuncture on my part at all. That is all I'm trying to say. No need to bash me as a poster if you don't like it.

 

[TDunk]

I see a 1 game suspension. Max of 2 games. Did he do something stupid? Yes. Do most 20/21 year olds do something stupid? Yes. Penalize him for being in that situation and not doing the right thing.

BTW, Dunkirk's was the bar I went to before last year's IU game. Not a bad set up. And there was some decent talent working there.

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

At the end of the day, Ohio State is under a zero tolerance policy regarding its football program from the BoT. Will that always be fair? Probably not. Is it the correct course of action and is UM absolutely right in carrying out the mandate his employer has given him? Yes.

At the end of the day, every single player on that team from Heisman candidate to walk-on has been informed of what is expected of them and the zero tolerance policy in effect. If that didn't sink in, it's not Urban Meyer's fault, and it's not The Ohio State University's fault. It's the individual transgressor's fault.

Dont' make Urban go all............

 

[BUCKYLE]

Zero tolerance policies are rarely a good idea.

I'm ok with whatever Urban decides to do. Not like there's a damn thing I could do about it if I wasn't. I believe one game is enough for making a stupid decision at Roby's age. No one was seriously harmed. Charges may be dropped. Move on.

 

[SEREbuckeye]

If you don't agree, you haven't been paying attention to the banners Urban has had installed around the athletic premises.

Thats kind of hard to do when you are stationed in AK. lol. At the end of the day punishment will be handed out and this will all be behind them and they will be on the road to the 'ship.

 

[BUCKYLE]

I knew something about this. It was posted previously in the article that Roby had punched someone, which you seem to have completely missed. You should go back and read it here. Let me repost what was said there, here. That is what I was going by. It was not any conjuncture on my part at all. That is all I'm trying to say. No need to bash me as a poster if you don't like it.

So um...you were going by this...

**allegedly punched one of the bouncers in the chest*

...but posted that he punched a dude in the face.

That's what my problem was. I had not heard or read anything about Roby punching someone in the face, and apparently, despite your post, you hadn't either.

 

[TDunk]

http://menofthescarletandgray.com/2013/08/16/bradley-roby-incident-was-caught-on-video/

Here is a few snippets from the story?
Video of an incident outside a Bloomington, Ind., bar involving Ohio State?s Bradley Roby appears to be instrumental in the Monroe County prosecutor?s decision earlier today to offer a diversion program that could result in the case against the cornerback being dismissed.
The Dispatch tonight obtained a supplemental police report, which is based on a police officer?s description of the video. That report contradicts the description in the original police report that caused Roby to be charged with misdemeanor battery and portrays Roby as more victim than perpetrator.
also?
Sources indicate that the prosecutor?s office did not receive the video until this week. The office downgraded the charge yesterday morning to disorderly conduct, a class B misdemeanor. Battery is a class A misdemeanor.
This afternoon, the prosecutor?s officer announced the offer of a diversion program. There is no word whether Roby would accept that program, though a deputy prosecutor said a receipt had been posted of payment for it.
and this is what the video shows?
The video appears to be the cause for the change. Officer Jordan Hasler, the second police officer to arrive at the scene, wrote in the supplemental report that he was shown video by the bar manager. Hasler wrote that the video showed Dunnkirk employees carrying Roby down stairs and out of the bar in what appeared to be a shoulder lock while grabbing his legs and lower torso.
Outside the bar, Hasler wrote, video showed Roby being pushed three times by the bar?s security guards, the third time resulting in Roby being driven back 2-3 feet.
After that, the report states, Roby ?lunged? at one of the security guards, who handcuffed Roby.
The first police officer on the scene, Ryan McClain, had asked Dunnkirk personnel if there were video of the incident and was told there wasn?t. Why Hasler was shown the video after McClain was told it did not exist is not clear.
McClain?s original police report was based on eyewitness accounts that portrayed Roby as the aggressor.
That version of events alleged that Roby was removed from the bar and told not to return. When he attempted to walk back in and was stopped by the bar?s security detail, he hit one of the men, Jonathan King, in the chest and ripped King?s shirt, according to the report.
That caused McClain to arrest Roby and charge him with battery. Roby told McClain that the security personnel shoved him multiple times and handcuffed him, causing pain to his wrists and lip and small cuts on his forehead and right arm.
You Can read the entire article at the Columbus Dispatch.
From this description you can garner that Roby will take Diversion which means all the charges will be dropped. He will face even less punishment than I thought earlier today in my opinion. This case should have never even been a case.

http://buckeyextra.dispatch.com/content/stories/2013/08/16/roby-charge-reduced.html

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

[SEC/TSUN/BWI/FREDO FAN] Urban Meyer worked his magic because he controls the police department/district attorney's office in a town....ummm....a state away....ummm.....that's home to a rival school.[/SEC/TSUN/BWI/FREDO FAN]

 

[BUCKYLE]

Well that's horseshit. Should he have just left? Yes. But once you're outside, the fucking douchebag bouncer shouldn't have laid a goddamned hand on him. Just how the fuck does the bouncer not get obstruction for lying about there being a video. Basically, that Podunk town prosecutor is saying "you were removed from the bar, at which point the bouncer roughed you up and handcuffed you without reason, but we don't want to look even more fucking stupid, so take this bullshit diversion and then we'll drop charges that should've never been filed in the first place".

Fuck I hope Roby breaks his foot off in Hoosier's asshole. Fuck them. I hope John Cougar Mellencamp gets swine flue.

 

[maximumblitz]

Sooner or later, the Orlando-ESPN new agencies will figure out how tOSU is fabricating all of these exculpatory exoneration videos that arrive weeks after the journalistic feeding frenzy. Until then, these incidents will simply accumulate into misrepresented "player in trouble" counts against UFM, to be used when the score is 85-3 and ESPN is running out of things to say.

Now that I am on a roll, I want to know what charges will be filed against the bouncer come handcuff toting security guards who made false statements to the police (that there was no video, what Roby did) and who mistreated the bouncee?

How much injustice occurred in the world-before-video? In the world before DNA exoneration?

How much injustice continues to occur when there is no video and no DNA?

 

[OHSportsFan]

I see a 1 game suspension. Max of 2 games. Did he do something stupid? Yes. Do most 20/21 year olds do something stupid? Yes. Penalize him for being in that situation and not doing the right thing.

BTW, Dunkirk's was the bar I went to before last year's IU game. Not a bad set up. And there was some decent talent working there.

Alex (chick), upstairs to the back. :thumpsup: