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TexasTowelie

(112,492 posts) Mon Jul 15, 2013, 11:56 PM Jul 2013

Manziel pleads guilty to 2012 misdemeanor charge, other charges dismissed

Texas A&M football quarterback Johnny Manziel early Monday pleaded guilty to failing to identify himself to police after a fight at Northgate, putting to rest a court case that followed him on his road to winning the Heisman Trophy.

The plea agreement called for Manziel to pay the maximum fine of $2,000, spend two days in jail and pay $232 in court costs. He won't have to spend any time behind bars, however, because the judge considered it time served since he was jailed following the June 2012 arrest by College Station police.

He faced up to 180 days in jail for the Class B misdemeanor charge.

Brazos County Attorney Rod Anderson said that as part of the plea agreement, the other Class B misdemeanor charge filed against Manziel — possessing a fake driver's license — was dismissed. Too, the 20-year-old's Class C misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct by fighting was dismissed by the city in municipal court.

More at http://www.theeagle.com/news/crime/article_9e8eb910-ed5a-11e2-95af-001a4bcf887a.html .

Cross-posted in Texas Group.

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Manziel pleads guilty to 2012 misdemeanor charge, other charges dismissed (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jul 2013 OP

I think this boy is gonna be trouble.....he's a sophomore right?? a kennedy Jul 2013 #1

The optics of this situation TexasTowelie Jul 2013 #2

If he was a Buckeye NewThinkingChance40 Aug 2013 #3

Ohio State doesn't have the authority to strip anybody of the Heisman Trophy. TexasTowelie Aug 2013 #4

I was making a point that NewThinkingChance40 Aug 2013 #5

It looks like the NCAA might be interested in some of Manziel's other activities. TexasTowelie Aug 2013 #6

Oh yah, this is just the start of things with this one...... a kennedy Aug 2013 #7

Well then I guess it IS a good thing he doesn't play for Ohio State theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #9

Yep. He'd already been gone and disgraced theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #8

a kennedy

(29,719 posts)

1. I think this boy is gonna be trouble.....he's a sophomore right??

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Fri Jul 26, 2013, 07:49 AM

Jul 2013

Red flags for sure......

TexasTowelie

(112,492 posts)

2. The optics of this situation

Reply to a kennedy (Reply #1)

Fri Jul 26, 2013, 11:33 AM

Jul 2013

along with a bit of difficulty distinguishing various hues could mean that it's maroon flags instead.

NewThinkingChance40

(289 posts)

3. If he was a Buckeye

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Fri Aug 2, 2013, 01:03 PM

Aug 2013

this would be a huge story and he would have the Heisman stripped from him and suspended for this year.

TexasTowelie

(112,492 posts)

4. Ohio State doesn't have the authority to strip anybody of the Heisman Trophy.

Reply to NewThinkingChance40 (Reply #3)

Fri Aug 2, 2013, 01:50 PM

Aug 2013

The only ones that can do that are the Heisman Trophy Trust like what happened with Reggie Bush when he violated NCAA rules.

We are also talking about a Class B misdemeanor that relates to an incident where Manziel intervened in a fight between a local and another football player. Manziel actually was trying to stop a fight and things escalated from there. The coaching staff weighed the circumstances and made a decision to keep him on the team--there weren't any NCAA rules violations and they may have decided that some other form of discipline was more appropriate than a suspension. If universities suspended every athlete that was involved in a off-campus brawl, then I doubt any school would ever be able to field of roster of players.

NewThinkingChance40

(289 posts)

5. I was making a point that

Reply to TexasTowelie (Reply #4)

Sat Aug 3, 2013, 04:05 AM

Aug 2013

Ohio State is not liked by the NCAA, which would mean that he would be under more scrutiny. The Buckeyes have been disliked for a long time by the media, which hurts them on a national stage when it comes to scandals.