With many of the facts yet to be released, I am hesitant to cover the arrest of Jimmy Johns, but have chosen to do so anyway. Lets think about some facts that I feel are important:
1) Jimmy Johns was arrested on Tuesday, June 24th at 8 am on 5 counts of unlawful distribution of a controlled substance
and 1 count of possession of cocaine.
2) Jimmy Johns has been kicked off of the UA football team.
3) Jimmy Johns is facing a minimum of 3 years for each charge unless a plea bargain is reached.
4) Jimmy Johns lived alone in an off campus apartment.
5) Jimmy Johns is the only Alabama player sought after in the investigation.
It is a given that Jimmy Johns' football career at UA is over. As far as the amount of jail time he could be facing, Johns could get 18 years minimum, unless he makes a plea deal. I believe a plea deal will be reached because it doesn't take a genius to know that John's is not the top man in this operation. If you are not the top man in an operation like this, there is always a way to save your own skin. I have a strong feeling Johns will not want to spend 18 years or more in jail, so he will turn his suppliers in for a lesser sentence.
Many Alabama players share apartments on or office campus together, but Johns chose to live alone. This is a good thing because if anyone else happened to live with Johns, they would have been found guilty by the social media until proven innocent, therefore brightening the negative light on the Alabama football program. Johns has also stated to the police that he tried to keep it a secret from his teammates leading me to believe that no other players are involved.
I am not going to call Jimmy Johns an idiot for his actions. I do not know him at all. I do not know his family's financial situation. I do not know the culture he was raised in. I am just going to hope that he receives the proper punishment for his crimes, a punishment that causes him to see the errors of his ways.
Many have said that the coaching staff knew about Jimmy Johns' activities, but did not kick him off the team. Supposedly they tried to drug test him, but he passed every test. Here is my question, if the coaching staff can not prove that Johns was dealing drugs, can they kick him off the team because of some rumors they have heard?
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No loss--- Jimmy Johns is nothing more than a thug ruining every boy's American Dream--playing big-time college football. I guess a free education wasn't worth it--- I'll wave to him on the side of the road as he picks up trash!
--Just an opinion :)
Saban wasn't really a fan of Jimmy Johns. Moving him to D was against his (Johns) will. I dont think this loss will cause much of a stir in the locker room.
It's time we meaning of us bama fans wake up to the fact this is not the old bama we all grew up with. with problems like we have we can not talk of the same pride that coach Bryant left us. I for one will not look down never again on someone else's program...
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