Alvin Kamara pleads no contest to lesser misdemeanor charge, jury trial is cancelled; civil suit also settled on confidential terms
Fairly positive the guy deserved something. You will never convince me that a guy talking sheet deserves a beat down from a bunch of men.
Maybe not, but sheet happens and people, even the best of us, find ourselves in unexpected situations at some point in our life. Sometimes we make the right decision, sometimes not. I wasn't in AK's shoes, so I can't say what got him to that point. Glass houses and all that.
I am fairly positive that everyone here would speak a different tune if that was a father or brother. Is the guy a douche? Absolutely.
If my brother acts like an idiot and gets a beat down, I won't be happy about it, but I'll be more mad at him for acting a fool than at those beating him up. FAAFO, yeah.
Do I think Kamara is a gang banger or something now? No, as I have said previously I don’t know him.
Does he deserve jail time? I don’t see the sense in that. He paid for his crime.
Do I look at him differently now? Yes. He is not the same. I am willing to bet money that Barry Sanders or Walter Payton would have never done this.
You're probably right, but none of us know that for sure. Everyone reacts differently in different situations. If it was something that has happened before, I'd probably think differently, but by all accounts, this isn't something anyone would have expected from him. For all we know, he may have overreacted to a guy antagonizing them. And fwiw, the victim here has a history of stuff like this and apparently had been banned from several casinos because of his actions.
My opinion means nothing to AK. But I am entitled to my opinion. You don’t have to like it. As I said before I am not a fan of this type of thing. Worst case scenario it’s me that’s losing, not AK and not his fans.
Most people aren't a fan of this type of thing. If this was my brother, I'd call him an idiot for doing that. That said, if this was totally out of the norm for him and he was provoked, I'd be mad, but wouldn't necessarily think less of him if he apologized and stayed out of trouble. Condemning him for one lapse in judgement just seems a bit much to me.
As for the comments about cops and military members don’t put words in my mouth. If a cop or a military member crosses a line I am not cheering them on. But to the vast majority of cops and military members who sacrifice with very little pay you’re damn right they are my hero’s.
Athletes are athletes. I am not an athlete fan, I am a Saints fan. The individuals are who they are and they come and go. In 2 years AK will be on another team or out of the league, I will never quit watching the Saints because of an individual player.
Players are human beings and they all have a story like most of us do. None of us are perfect and most of us don't have our every step scrutinized by the media and public. Had AK not been a public figure, none of us would have ever heard about this.
As the saying goes, this too shall pass.
Indeed.