Grifters gotta grift!

Then the local law enforcement will sweep it aside for the team after a few boosters are called.

Some people are too naive and/or stupid to travel outside of their country.

I would think causing an international incident would be penalized more harshly than something like smoking pot (for which players have been kicked off of teams before). But given how much basketball matters at UCLA, I'm expecting it to be reduced to a slap on the wrist the second the attention fades.

I get it. It's important to the narrative you avoid the larger context and focus only on the shoplifting.

But it goes to show how pathetic this whole thing is when performing a simple duty makes him look like Man of the Year.

I am glad the young men are free, however it came about.